Quick Look at President Trump's US Attorneys

POTUS has nominated 85 people to become US Attorneys, and gotten 84.  There
are a total of 93...so he has replaced over 90% of them already--and he's
looking to get two more.  So here's a shallow overview of past experience.


Alabama:
Middle:  Louis V. Franklin Sr.
   focus on public corruption
Northern:  Jay E. Town
   former USMC judge advocate
Southern:  Richard W. Moore
   "At Oxford, Moore conducted an independent study on the prosecution of
      complex international fraud cases."
   Chair of the Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys.

Alaska:
Whole:  Bryan Schroder
   "cases in Government, Admiralty & Maritime, Tax, Criminal Defense,
      Environmental and Natural Resources, Ethics & Professional Responsibility,
      Military Law, Appeals, Constitutional."
   Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys.

Arizona:
Whole:  Michael G. Bailey
   "prosecuted homicides, violent crimes, and cases involving vulnerable
      populations"

Arkansas:
Eastern:  J. Cody Hiland
   former aide of Huckabee, who stated "Cody is very committed to is getting
      rid of public corruption. Â… He just doesnÂ’t tolerate public corruption
      because he understands how dangerous it is to our form of government. Â…
      Pay-for-play is what really is at stake here and thatÂ’s what theyÂ’ve got
      to look at."
Western: Duane Kees
   "served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army for eight
      years. During his time on active duty, he prosecuted and defended a
      variety of complex cases and earned two Bronze Stars and a Meritorious
      Service Medal."

California:
Central:  Nicola T. Hanna
   "specialized in white-collar criminal matters and complex commercial
      litigation"
   "prosecuted major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations, as
      well as violent and economic crimes"
Eastern:  McGregor W. Scott
   "his practice focused on white collar criminal defense and corporate
      investigations"
   23 years in Army Reserve.
Northern:  David L. Anderson
   clerked for George H. Aldrich of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal,
      which is what Obama used to justify $17 Bn cash to Iran when caught.
   "extensive experience in criminal defense, government investigations, and
      commercial litigation"
   Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys
Southern:  Robert S. Brewer, Jr.
   "served in the United States Army as an Airborne Ranger and received the
      Silver Star and two Bronze Stars for his service in the Vietnam War"
   "successfully prosecuted a variety of cases including espionage, bank
      robbery, murder for hire, and aircraft hijacking"

Colorado:
Whole:  Jason R. Dunn
   "specializing in public law, regulatory law, internal investigations, and
      campaign finance law"

Connecticut:
Whole:  John Durham
   Mob buster
   special investigator for public corruption

Delaware:
Whole:  David C. Weiss
   Assistant US Attorney 86-89
   First Assistant US Attorney '07-'09, '12-'18

District of Columbia:
Whole:  Jessie K. Liu
   worked in the National Security and Treasury divisions,
   nominated by POTUS for the #3 spot but was denied by the Senate.
   Busted a lot of pedos recently.
   Member of the Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys.

Florida:
Middle:  Maria Chapa Lopez
   "prosecuting complex transnational and domestic drug trafficking
      organizations, large-scale money laundering cases, and complex opioid
      cases"
   "served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps"
Northern:  Larry Keefe
   focus on "restoring public trust"
   recently indicted 29 people in kickback scheme involving USDA funds
Southern:  Ariana Fajardo Orshan
   "prosecuted a wide variety of crimes specializing in narcotics and organized
      crime"

Georgia:
Middle:  Charles E. Peeler
   diverse skillset.
   Degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Northern:  B. J. Pak
   former Republican rep in Georgia House of Representatives
Southern:  Bobby Lee Christine
   "served as a combat engineer platoon leader, company executive officer,
      Judge Advocate General Trial Counsel, Brigade Judge Advocate, and State
      Judge Advocate. He earned several medals, including the Bronze Star, for
      meritorious service after spending time in Iraq as a Judge Advocate
      General and a combat engineer with the 265th Engineer Group"

Hawaii:
Whole:  Kenji M. Price
   "served as a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment and the 173rd Airborne
      Brigade"

Idaho:
Whole:  Bart Davis
   former Republican majority leader in the state senate.

Illinois:
Central:  John C. Milhiser
   "prosecuted serious violent offenses, including first degree murder, armed
      violence, sexual assault and the attempted murder of police officers"
Northern:  John R. Lausch, Jr.:
   ten years as prosecutor in Chicago
   "tried more than twenty jury cases involving racketeering, fraud,
      narcotics, extortion, and firearms offenses"

Indiana:
Northern:  Thomas Kirsch
   "practice focused on complex litigation and corporate investigations"
   "has prosecuted offenses including mail and wire fraud, honest services
      fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy, extortion,
      money laundering, racketeering, obstruction of justice, perjury, and gangs
      and narcotics"
Southern:  Joshua Minkler
   background in drug and violent crime prosecution
   Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys

Iowa:
Northern:  Peter Deegan
   "prosecuted a number of federal offenses, including complex white collar and
      business crime"
Southern:  Marc Krickbaum:
   "has investigated and prosecuted cases involving public corruption, financial
      crime, national security, human trafficking, child exploitation, violent
      crime,  drug trafficking, and immigration offenses. He has also worked on
      Department of Justice initiatives relating to counterterrorism,
      cybercrime, international organized crime, and professional ethics and
      responsibility"

Kansas:
Whole:  Stephen McAllister
   "E.S. & Tom W. Hampton Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of
      Kansas"

Kentucky:
Eastern:  Robert M. Duncan, Jr.
   "prosecuted complex drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms offenses,
      and violent crime"
Western:  Russell Coleman
   former Special Agent with FBI, once assigned to Anbar Province in Iraq
   former legal counsel to Mitch McConnell

Louisiana:
Middle:  Brandon Fremin
   former Marine
   Executive Director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud.
Western:  David C. Joseph
   former "prosecutor in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, as an
      attorney in the Professional Liability & Financial Crimes Section of the
      Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"
   "prosecuted a wide variety of offenses, with a focus on fraud, public
      corruption, white-collar crime, and crimes committed on the district's
      military installations"
Eastern:  Peter G. Strasser
   "head of the organized crime and the economic crime sections" as Assistant US
      Attorney
   "served for over eleven years at United States Embassies...with the
      Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development,
      Assistance, and Training," "retired Navy Reserve Captain, JAGC, where he
      served world-wide as a military judge"

Maine:
Whole:  Halsey Frank
   "30 years of experience working for the U.S. Department of Justice in both
      Washington, D.C., and Maine"

Maryland:
Whole:  Robert K. Hur
   "prosecuted gang violence, drug trafficking and firearm offenses, and
      white-collar crimes" "practice focused on government investigations and
      complex litigation"

Massachusetts:
Whole:  Andrew Lelling
   twelve years prior experience "prosecuting white collar crime,
      international drug trafficking, and other offenses."
   involved in several news cycle cases.

Michigan:
Eastern:  Matthew J. Schneider
   "prosecuted violent crime and public corruption cases"
Western:  Thomas L. Leonard III: (pending Senate approval)
   former Republican speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives

Minnesota:
Whole:  Erica MacDonald
   "prosecuted cases involving violent crimes, narcotics, firearms, human
      trafficking, and child pornography"
   "prosecuted Minnesota's first human trafficking cases"

Mississippi:
Northern:  William C. Lamar
   Assistant US Attorney in his district since 1991
Southern:  D. Michael Hurst, Jr.
   "focused primarily on fighting public corruption"
   Koch and Peco Foods immigration raids
   other newsworthy items

Missouri:
Eastern:  Jeffrey Jensen
   former FBI agent (10 yrs)
   certified CPA
   ten years experience as Assistant US Attorney
   Advisory Committe of US Attorneys
Western:  Timothy A. Garrison
   "prosecutor in the United States Marine Corps. He also received the United
      States Army Judge Advocate General School's trial advocacy award. Now a
      lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, Garrison serves as Deputy
      Legal Counsel in the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
      at The Pentagon"

Montana:
Whole:  Kurt Alme
   Advisory Committee of US Attorneys.

Nebraska:
Whole:  Joseph P. Kelly
   "prosecuted a variety of crimes including homicide, robbery, sexual assault,
      and white collar"

Nevada:
Whole:  Nicholas A. Trutanich
   "prosecuted a variety of federal offenses with an emphasis on violent crime
      and national security" as Assistant US Attorney, Central California
   "detailed to Iraq as the Deputy Justice Attaché to assist with
      counter-terrorism and rule of law matters"

New Hampshire:
Whole:  Scott W. Murray
   Government prosecutor in NH since 1983

New Mexico:
Whole:  John C. Anderson
   "focused on complex litigation and government investigations"
   "prosecuted Governor Susana Martinez's former campaign manager for
      intercepting Martinez's emails and he prosecuted a Democratic political
      consultant who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography"

North Carolina:
Eastern:  Robert Higdon, Jr.
   "prosecuting criminal cases involving drug trafficking, terrorism, violent
      crime, white collar crime, and public corruption" "senior trial counsel in
      the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice"
   "led the federal prosecution in a campaign finance fraud case involving
      Democrat John Edwards"
   Advisory Committe of US Attorneys
Middle:  Matthew Martin:
   "focused on complex litigation"
   formerly employed at Covington & Burling (like Eric Holder), Duke Energy
   focus on international business law.
Western:  R. Andrew Murray:
   "enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1980 and was later commissioned
      as an officer in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. In 2016, he
      retired as a captain after 35 years of service"

North Dakota:
Whole:  Drew Wrigley:
   US Attorney for North Dakota under Bush II, prosecuted Dru Sjodin case.
   State Lieutenant Governor 2010-2016.

Ohio:
Northern:  Justin Herdman
   "was a partner in the investigations and white collar defense practice group
      at Jones Day, a Judge Advocate General in the United States Air Force
      Reserve, and an adjunct law professor at Case Western Reserve University."
   "prosecuted a number of terrorism cases, including the case of five
      activists who plotted to blow up the Ohio 82 Bridge"
   former Assistant District Attorney in NYC.
   Advisory Committe of US Attorneys
Southern:  David M. DeVillers
   "twice served as a Legal Advisor with the Department of Justice's Office of
      Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training—in Tbilisi,
      Georgia, from 2010 to 2012, and in Bucharest, Romania, and Sofia,
      Bulgaria, in 2018"
   "led numerous organized crime task forces involving the Federal Bureau
      of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
      Drug Enforcement Administration, and Internal Revenue Service"

Oklahoma:
Eastern:  Brian J. Kuester
   "was a police officer"
   "prosecuted a broad variety of cases including murder,
      robbery, burglary, drug trafficking, and child abuse.  He also served as the
      Director of Crimes Against Children in 2007 and 2008"
Northern:  R. Trent Shores
   "national security cyber specialist for the Northern District and prosecuted
      cases involving human trafficking and child exploitation, drug-trafficking
      organizations, public corruption, and white-collar crime"
   Advisory Committee of US Attorneys
Western:  Timothy J. Downing
   former Republican in the Oklahoma House of Representatives
   "served as a Judge Advocate in the United States Army Reserve"

Oregon:
Whole:  Billy J. Williams
   One of the only Obama holdovers re-nominated by President Trump
   has held several leadership positions at the DOJ

Pennsylvania:
Middle:  David Freed
   experience with insurance defense, government prosecutor since 1997
Western:  Scott Brady
   "prosecuted white collar crime, violent crime, and drug trafficking offenses"
   "focused on multi-district litigation, white collar criminal matters, and
      internal investigations"
Eastern:  William McSwain
   valedictorian, BS from Yale, PhD from Harvard, editor of the Harvard Law
      Review
   "served as an infantry officer and scout/sniper platoon commander in the
      United States Marine Corps"
   "practice focused on white collar criminal matters, corporate internal
      investigations, and complex business litigation."

Puerto Rico:
Whole:  W. Stephen Muldrow
   "focused on drug trafficking offenses, money laundering, and violent crimes"

Rhode Island:
Whole:  Aaron L. Weisman
   "represented Rhode Island's criminal justice interests before the Supreme
      Court of Rhode Island in hundreds of felony cases"
   specializes in appellate practice

South Carolina:
Whole:  Sherri Lydon
   "specializes in cases related to white-collar criminal defense, public
      corruption, and health care fraud"
   recently nominated for federal district judge by POTUS

South Dakota:
Whole:  Ron A. Parsons, Jr.
   "managed a broad range of complex civil litigation matters in federal and
      state courts"
   focus on appeals, Indian affairs

Tennessee:
Eastern:  Doug Overbey
   former Republican in Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives.
Middle:  Donald Q. Cochran
   former law professor at Belmont University and Cumberland
   former Assistant US Attorney for Alabama
   "nine years as an Army Ranger and Special Forces officer"
   "prosecuted violent crimes including homicides and sexual assaults"
   "prosecuted white collar crimes, public corruption, and violent crimes"
Western:  D. Michael Dunavant
   former District Attorney
   focus on investigation of child sexual abuse

Texas:
Eastern:  Joseph D. Brown
   District Attorney for Grayson County 17 years
North:  Erin Nealy Cox
   "prosecuted cyber crimes, white collar crimes, and general crimes"
Southern:  Ryan Patrick
   son of Dan Patrick
   "prosecutor and investigator with the Vehicle Crimes Division"
   former judge, 177th state district court
Western:  John Bash
   Harvard grad
   clerked for both Scalia and Kavanaugh
   "practice focused on complex litigation in federal district and appellate
      courts"

Utah:
Whole:  John W. Huber
   one of a very few re-nominated by POTUS
   investigating "the FBI's surveillance of Carter Page and connections between
      the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One"
   Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee of US Attorneys

Vermont:
Whole:  Christina E. Nolan
   "prosecuted a variety of criminal cases, including complex drug trafficking
      offenses, money laundering, firearms offenses, violent crime, and crimes
      against children"
   "concentrated her practice in white collar criminal defense"

Virginia:
Eastern:  G. Zachary Terwilliger
   "prosecuted organized crime, human trafficking, complex violent crime, and
      financial fraud offenses"
   served as criminal counsel to Chuck Grassley.
Western:  Thomas T. Cullen
   "led the firmÂ’s white collar and government investigations practice and
      represented individuals and organizations in criminal matters, internal
      investigations, and complex litigation"
   "has investigated, prosecuted, and defended matters involving healthcare
      fraud, financial fraud, tax offenses, embezzlement, public corruption,
      racketeering, drug conspiracy, money laundering, and violent crimes"

Washington:
Northern:  William D. Hyslop
   previously served as Eastern Division US Attorney '91-'93
   admitted for practice in all Washington federal districts, Idaho, the Ninth
      Circuit of Appeals, the Supreme Court, and state courts in Idaho and
      Washington.
Western:  Brian T. Moran
   pioneered the use of DNA evidence in murder cases
   "investigation and prosecution of violent crimes, conflict cases and
      sexually violent predator matters"

West Virginia:
Northern:  William J. Powell
   Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Jefferson County
Southern:  Michael B. Stuart
   "focused on corporate law, energy and commercial transactions, securities,
      and government relations"

Wisconsin:
Eastern:  Matthew Krueger
   "prosecuted a variety of federal crimes, including firearm offenses, health
      care fraud, and other financial crimes"
Western:  Scott Blader
   DA since 2007

Wyoming:
Whole:  Mark Klaassen
   "worked on affirmative civil and financial litigation cases"
   worked for the DHS and US House Committee on Homeland Security