A Running List Of U.S. Attorneys Appointed By President Joe Biden

 


     America's federal judiciary is, as it ought to be, a priority for President Biden. Shaping a coequal branch of government that has final say over whether your agenda is constitutional is an extraordinary opportunity that comes with an equal amount of responsibility. I've already created a page dedicated to tracking President Biden's work shaping federal judgeships. Aside from establishing a bipartisan commission to consider reforms to the Supreme Court and pledging to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court should he get the chance, President Biden has already nominated nearly 60 federal judges in the past eight months, the fastest rate for any president, and prioritized appointing men and (especially) women of color with diverse backgrounds as public defenders and activists instead of just corporate attorneys and prosecutors.

     We must also remember the U.S. attorneys; the judges may decide the cases, but these men and women are the ones who prosecute them. While there are 870 federal judges, there are only 93 U.S. attorneys, who are appointed to four-year terms. During his four years, Donald Trump appointed 84 people. In his first year, President Biden has appointed 44. We are on track to appoint more than President Trump over the next four years, and these 44 include far more women and people of color than Trump's 84. Check out the names of the nominees below and note that this list will be updated as the attorneys are confirmed:

Confirmed:
  1. Clifford D. Johnson (Northern District of Indiana)
  2. Zachary A. Myers (Southern District of Indiana)
  3. Darcie N. McElwee (District of Maine)
  4. Erek L. Barron (District of Maryland; first black man)
  5. Breon S. Peace (Eastern District of New York)
  6. Carla B. Freedman (Northern District of New York; first woman)
  7. Damian Williams (Southern District of New York; first black man)
  8. Trini E. Ross (Western District of New York)
  9. Jessica D. Aber (Eastern District of Virginia)
  10. Christopher R. Kavanaugh (Western District of Virginia)
  11. Vanessa Waldref (Eastern District of Washington)
  12. Nicholas W. Brown (Western District of Washington)
  13. William J. Ihlenfeld II (Northern District of West Virginia)
  14. William S. Thompson (Southern District of West Virginia)
  15. Matthew M. Graves (District of Columbia)
  16. Clare E. Connors (District of Hawaii)
  17. Gary M. Restaino (District of Arizona)
  18. Cole Finegan (District of Colorado)
  19. Gregory K. Harris (Central District of Illinois)
  20. Ronald C. Gathe (Middle District of Louisiana; first black man)
  21. Brandon B. Brown (Western District of Louisiana)
  22. Rachael Rollins (District of Massachusetts)
  23. Philip R. Sellinger (District of New Jersey)
  24. Michael F. Easley, Jr. (Eastern District of North Carolina)
  25. Sandra J. Hairston (Middle District of North Carolina)
  26. Dena J. King (Western District of North Carolina)
  27. Kenneth L. Parker (Southern District of Ohio)
  28. Cindy K. Chung (Western District of Pennsylvania)
  29. Zachary A. Cunha (District of Rhode Island)
  30. Dawn N. Ison (District of Eastern Michigan; first black woman)
  31. Andrew M. Luger (District of Minnesota)
  32. Nikolas P. Kerest (District of Vermont)
  33. Vanessa R. Avery (District of Connecticut; first black woman)
  34. Jason Frierson (District of Nevada; first black man)
  35. Ryan K. Buchanan (Northern District of Georgia)
  36. Mark A. Totten (District of Western Michigan)
  37. Jane E. Young (District of New Hampshire)
  38. Trina A. Higgins (District of Utah)
  39. Delia L. Smith (District of the U.S. Virgin Islands)
  40. Rachelle Crowe (Southern District of Illinois)
  41. S. Lane Tucker (District of Alaska)
  42. Jesse A. Laslovich (District of Montana)
  43. Alexander M.M. Uballez (District of New Mexico)
  44. Phillip Talbert (Eastern District of California)
  45. Joshua Hurwit (District of Idaho)
  46. Jacqueline C. Romero (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
  47. Gerard Karam (Middle District of Pennsylvania)
  48. Adair Ford Boroughs (District of South Carolina)
  49. E. Martin Estrada (Central District of California)
  50. Natalie K. Wight (District of Oregon)
  51. Gregory J. Haanstad (Eastern District of Wisconsin)
  52. Markenzy Lapointe (Southern District of Florida)
  53. McLain J. Schneider (District of North Dakota)
  54. Leigha Simonton (Northern District of Texas)
  55. Alamdar S. Hamdani (Southern District of Texas)
  56. Jaime E. Esparza (Western District of Texas)
  57. Kevin G. Ritz (Western District of Tennessee)
  58. Peter D. Leary (Middle District of Georgia)
  59. Roger B. Handberg (Middle District of Florida)
Pending:
  1. Sopen B. Shah
  2. Casey T. Arrowood
  3. Henry C. Leventis 
  4. Todd Gee
  5. Jill E. Steinberg
  6. Ismael Ramsey
  7. Kate E. Brubacher
Formerly Confirmed/Served:
  1. Marissa T. Darden (Northern District of Ohio; first black woman)

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