U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today welcomed the unanimous Senate confirmation of D. Michael Hurst of Madison to be the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Hurst was confirmed by unanimous consent late Tuesday to serve a four-year term as U.S. Attorney.
“The Senate has confirmed a talented attorney for this critical law-enforcement role. I am confident Mike Hurst will serve our nation and state well,” said Cochran.
President Trump nominated Hurst in June following a recommendation from Cochran and Wicker.
“Mike Hurst will serve the Southern District of Mississippi with honor and distinction,” said Wicker. “President Trump made an excellent choice for this demanding role.”
In their recommendation of Hurst to President Trump, Cochran and Wicker both noted that Hurst was exceptionally well-qualified to take on the important and challenging role of U.S. Attorney.
Hurst is the current director of the Mississippi Justice Institute, a division of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy. He served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in Jackson from 2006 to 2015, working the criminal division. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s office, Hurst was legislative director and counsel to former U.S. Representative Chip Pickering (R-Miss.), as well as counsel to the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. Hurst is a graduate of Millsaps College and the George Washington University Law School.
He served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in Jackson from 2006 to 2015, working the criminal division. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s office, Hurst was legislative director and counsel to former U.S. Representative Chip Pickering, as well as counsel to the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.
Hurst is a graduate of Millsaps College and the George Washington University Law School.
“I’m very humbled by the faith that the President, our senators, and the people of Mississippi have placed in me to do this work of doing justice in our great state,” said Mike Hurst. “I couldn’t be more excited and I’m just ready to get back over there and do this work for the people.”
As part of his new job, Hurst will be overseeing an office of federal prosecutors and making sure that the federal laws are enforced and faithfully executed within the Southern District of Mississippi.
Hurst is awaiting a signature from the President, and after that, he will be sworn in by a Mississippi Federal judge.
Other leaders from across the state took to Facebook to congratulate Hurst on his confirmation.
The nomination of William Chadwick (Chad) Lamar of Oxford to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi is pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
