Gary Restaino | |
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United States Attorney for the District of Arizona | |
In office November 23, 2021 –February 17, 2025 | |
President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Michael G. Bailey |
Succeeded by | Rachel C. Hernandez (acting) |
Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms,and Explosives | |
Acting | |
In office April 25,2022 –July 13,2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Marvin Richardson (acting) |
Succeeded by | Steve Dettelbach |
Personal details | |
Born | Gary Michael Restaino 1968 (age 56–57) Edison,New Jersey,U.S. |
Education | Haverford College (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Gary Michael Restaino (born 1968) [1] is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the District of Arizona from 2021 to 2025;and as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms,and Explosives from April 25 to July 13,2022. [2]
Restaino earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996. [3]
From 1991 to 1993,Restaino served in Paraguay with the Peace Corps. From 1996 to 1999,he provided legal services to seasonal farm workers as a lawyer with Community Legal Services. From 1999 to 2003,he served as a civil rights lawyer in the Arizona Attorney General's Office. He then served as a trial attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice. [4] Restaino joined the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona in 2003. He was nominated to serve as United States attorney in October 2021. [5] On November 19,2021,his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote. [6] He was sworn into office on November 23,2021,by Chief Judge G. Murray Snow. [7] He was dismissed from his role on February 17,2025. [8]