Ed Yarbrough

Ed Yarbrough
Ed Yarbrough
	Official portrait of Yarbrough, 2007
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee
	In office; October 10, 2007 – May 21, 2010
President	George W. Bush; Barack Obama;
Preceded by	James K. Vines
Succeeded by	Jerry E. Martin
Personal details
Born	Edward Meacham Yarbrough; 1943 (age 81–82)
Political party	Republican
Education	Rhodes College (BA); Vanderbilt University (JD);
Occupation	Lawyer;
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Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1969–1971
Rank	First lieutenant
Unit	3rd Infantry Regiment; Military Assistance Command, Vietnam;
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Bronze Star Medal

Edward Meacham Yarbrough (born 1943) is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee from 2007 to 2010. Previously an assistant district attorney in Nashville and private practice criminal defense attorney, he was nominated as U.S. Attorney by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate, with the support of Tennessee senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker.^[1]^[2]

Yarbrough later returned to private practice. His clients have included Cyntoia Brown, who he successfully obtained a commutation for in 2019 after her case had drawn national attention, and Glen Casada, a former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives charged with federal bribery and money laundering offenses in 2022.^[3]^[4]

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