United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York

The United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in five New York counties: Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau and Suffolk. The U.S. attorney is Breon Peace, who took over in October 2021.

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United States Eastern District of New York counties

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted and defended by the U.S. attorney.

History

The Eastern District of New York was formed by taking away these five counties from the Southern District of New York in 1865.

List of U.S. attorneys

• Benjamin D. Silliman: 1865–1866
• Benjamin F. Tracy: 1866–1877
• Asa Wentworth Tenney: 1877–1885
• Mark D. Wilber: 1885–1889
• Jesse Johnson: 1889–1894
• John Oakey: 1894
• James L. Bennett: 1894–1898
• George H. Pettit: 1898–1902
• William J. Youngs: 1902–1915
• Louis R. Bick: 1915
• Melville J. France: 1915–1919
• James D. Bell: 1919
• LeRoy W. Ross: 1919–1921
• Wallace E. J. Collins: 1921
• Ralph C. Greene: 1921–1925
• William A. De Groot: 1925–1929
• Howard W. Ameli: 1929–1934
• Leo J. Hickey: 1934 – December 25, 1937 (died in office)
• Harold St. Leo O'Dougherty (interim): sworn in on December 27, 1937^[1]
• Michael F. Walsh: 1938–1939 (resigned, appointed Secretary of State of New York)
• Vine H. Smith (interim): 1939
• Harold Maurice Kennedy: 1939–1944 (resigned, appointed judge of this Court])
• T. Vincent Quinn (interim): 1944–1945
• Miles F. McDonald: 1945 (resigned, elected Kings County District Attorney in November 1945)^[2]
• T. Vincent Quinn (interim): 1945-46
• J. Vincent Keogh: 1946–1950
• Frank J. Parker: 1950–1953
• Leonard P. Moore: 1953–1957
• Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr.: 1957–1961
• Elliot Kahaner (interim): 1961
• Joseph P. Hoey: 1961–1969
• Vincent T. McCarthy (interim): 1969
• Edward Raymond Neaher: 1969–1971
• Robert A. Morse: 1971–1973
• Edward J. Boyd (interim): 1973–1974
• David G. Trager: 1974–1978
• Edward R. Korman: 1978–1982
• Raymond J. Dearie: 1982–1986
• Reena Raggi (interim): 1986
• Andrew J. Maloney: 1986–1992
• Mary Jo White (interim): 1992–1993
• Zachary W. Carter: 1993–1999
• Loretta Lynch: 1999–2001
• Alan Vinegrad (interim): 2001–2002
• Roslynn R. Mauskopf: September 3, 2002 – October 18, 2007^[3]
• Benton J. Campbell (interim): 2007–2010
• Loretta Lynch: April 22, 2010 – 2015^[4]
• Kelly Currie (interim): 2015
• Robert L. Capers: 2015–2017 ^[5]
• Bridget Rohde (acting): 2017–2018
• Richard Donoghue: 2018–2020^[6]
• Seth DuCharme (acting): 2020–2021
• Mark Lesko (acting): Jan–Jun 2021
• Jacquelyn M. Kasulis (acting): Jun 2021–Oct 2021
• Breon Peace: Oct 2021–present^[7]

References

1. "Chief Aide to Hickey Sworn as Successor". New York Times. December 28, 1937. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
2. "O'Dwyer Elected Mayor in City Sweep; Carries Ticket With Him; Goldstein 2d; Molotoff Rebukes U.S. on Atomic Policy – Record Plurality – Margin Totals 685,175 – McGoldrick Out but Runs Ahead of Ticket – Blow to Dewey Seen – Beldock Defeated by Big Margin – Lynch Loses to Hall in Richmond". New York Times. November 1945. p. 1. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
3. Mauskopf, Roslynn (November 1, 2009). "Standing Order – Mauskopf, United States District Judge" (PDF). Retrieved October 17, 2022.
4. Weiser, Benjamin (April 22, 2010). "Appeals Court Judge and U.S. Attorney Are Confirmed". New York Times. p. A24. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
5. Albany Law School website. Accessed June 2, 2015.
6. Washington Post. "Sessions names 17 interim U.S. attorneys, including in premier Manhattan office". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
7. "Breon Peace Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York". justice.gov. October 15, 2021.

External links

• United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Official Website