The United States attorney general (AG) leads the United States Department of Justice,and is the chief lawyer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters. The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States.
William Pelham "Bill" Barr is an American attorney who served as the 77th and 85th United States attorney general in the administrations of Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump.
Rod Jay Rosenstein is an American attorney who served as the 37th United States deputy attorney general from April 2017 until May 2019. Prior to his appointment,he served as a United States attorney for the District of Maryland. At the time of his confirmation as Deputy Attorney General in April 2017,he was the longest-serving U.S. attorney. Rosenstein had also been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2007,but his nomination was never considered by the U.S. Senate.
Drew Howard Wrigley is an American attorney and political leader who served as the United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota both from 2001 to 2009,and 2019 to 2021,appointed by President George W. Bush,and Donald J. Trump,respectively. Between his terms as United States Attorney,Wrigley served as the 37th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016. Prior to those positions,Wrigley served as Deputy Chief of Staff to then-Governor John Hoeven and as executive director of the North Dakota Republican Party. Before that,Wrigley served 5 years as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia,one of America's most violent cities. Wrigley's service included assignments to the Sexual Assault,and Major Trials units.
William Horsley Orrick III is an American lawyer and judge. A native of San Francisco,Orrick has been a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California since 2013. He formerly had a long career as a lawyer in private practice in San Francisco,and served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Obama administration.
Jeffrey Adam Rosen is an American lawyer who served as the acting United States attorney general from December 2020 to January 2021 and as the United States deputy attorney general from 2019 to 2020. Before joining the Department of Justice,he was a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland &Ellis and was the United States deputy secretary of transportation.
Trevor Neil McFadden is an American attorney and jurist who serves as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Previously,he was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.
Jessie Kong Liu is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. She previously worked as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Treasury and served at the Justice Department. In 2020,she joined the law firm Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom as a partner.
Donald Q. Cochran is an American attorney and academic who served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee from 2017 to 2021. Before assuming his current role,Cochran was a law professor at Belmont University College of Law. He was previously a professor at Cumberland School of Law and an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. On February 8,2021,he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign. He submitted his resignation on February 22,effective February 28.
Joseph Patrick Kelly is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska from 2018 to 2021. He currently serves as chief of the criminal division for the Attorney General of Nebraska.
McGregor "Greg" William Scott is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California from 2017 to 2021. He was most recently sworn in as a court-appointed U.S. Attorney on December 29,2017,after previously serving in the position from 2003 to 2009 during the administration of George W. Bush. In November 2017,he was appointed by President Donald Trump to a four-year term as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California. He was confirmed by a voice vote of the United States Senate on March 7,2018. Prior to assuming his current role,Scott was a partner in the Sacramento office of Orrick,Herrington &Sutcliffe,where his practice focused on white collar criminal defense and corporate investigations. In 2008,he retired from the United States Army Reserve as a lieutenant colonel after 23 years of service.
Maria Chapa Lopez is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida from 2018 to 2021.
Robert Shelden Brewer Jr. is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 2019 to 2021.
Eric David Miller is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Tessa M. Gorman is an American lawyer from Washington who served as the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington in 2021. She is as an Assistant United States Attorney for the same district. In 2018,President Donald Trump announced that he planned to nominate her to become a United States District Judge of the same court,but the nomination was never submitted to the U.S. Senate.
George Zachary Terwilliger is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from May 25,2018 to January 15,2021.
Nicholas Andrew Trutanich is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 2019 to 2021. Prior to becoming a U.S. Attorney,he served as the Chief of Staff for the Nevada Attorney General's Office.
David L. Anderson is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California from 2019 to 2021. Prior to becoming a U.S. Attorney,he practiced law at the law firm of Sidley Austin.
Daniel Paul Collins is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Michael G. Bailey is an American attorney from Arizona. He formerly served as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona.
