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 Joseph Nocella Jr.
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 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) 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: June 2, 1999 – May 2, 2001 Alan Vinegrad (interim): May 2, 2001 – Deprem beri 3, 2002 Roslynn R. Mauskopf: September 3, 2002 – October 18, 2007 Benton J. Campbell (interim): 2007–2010 Loretta Lynch: May 8, 2010 – April 27, 2015 Kelly Currie (interim): 2015 Robert L. Capers: 2015 – January 20, 2017Albany Law School website . Accessed June 2, 2015. Bridget Rohde (acting): January 20, 2017– January 3, 2018 Richard Donoghue: January 3, 2018 – July 10, 2020 Seth DuCharme (acting): July 10, 2020 – March 19, 2021 Mark Lesko (acting): March 19, 2021 – June 21, 2021 Jacquelyn M. Kasulis (acting): June 21, 2021 – October 15, 2021 Breon Peace: October 15, 2021 – January 10, 2025 Carolyn Pokorny (acting): January 11, 2025 – January 22, 2025 John J. Durham (acting): January 22, 2025 – May 5, 2025 Joseph Nocella Jr.: May 5, 2025 – present
References
External links United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Official Website