Joshua Hurwit | |
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United States Attorney for the District of Idaho | |
In office June 17, 2022 –February 13, 2025 | |
President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Bart Davis |
Succeeded by | Justin D. Whatcott (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Joshua David Hurwit 1981 (age 43–44) |
Education | Stanford University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Joshua David Hurwit (born 1981) [1] is an American lawyer who served as United States attorney for the District of Idaho from 2022 to 2025.
Hurwit earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2006. [2]
In 2006 and 2007,Hurwit worked as an associate at Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton &Garrison in New York City. In 2007 and 2008,he served as a law clerk for Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. From 2008 to 2011,he was an associate at Kirkland &Ellis. He also worked as an associate at Covington &Burling in Washington,D.C. From 2012 to 2022,he served as an assistant United States attorney for the District of Idaho. [3] [4] During his tenure,Hurwit has prosecuted members of the Aryan Knights,a white supremacist gang active in Idaho. [5] He has also served as the District of Idaho's coronavirus fraud coordinator. [6]
On April 22,2022,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hurwit to serve as the United States attorney for the District of Idaho. [2] On April 25,2022,his nomination was sent to the Senate. [7] On June 9,2022,his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a voice vote;senators Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn were recorded as "Nay". [8] On June 13,2022,his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote. He was sworn in by Chief Judge David Nye on June 17,2022. [9]
Hurwit resigned on February 13,2025. [10]