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, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk. The current interim U.S. Attorney is Richard Donoghue, who replaced acting U.S. Attorney Bridget Rohde on January 4, 2018. Loretta E. Lynch served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York before resigning to take office as U.S. Attorney General on April 27, 2015.
The U.S. 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 for the Eastern District of New York
- Benjamin D. Silliman: 1865–1866
- Benjamin F. Tracy: 1866–1877
- Asa W. Tenney: 1877–1885
- Mark D. Wilbur: 1885–1889
- Jesse Johnson: 1889–1894
- John Oakey: 1894
- James L. Bennett: 1894–1898
- George H. Pettit: 1898–1902
- William J. Young: 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. DeGroot: 1925–1929
- Howard W. Ameli: 1929–1934
- Leo J. Hickey: 1934 – Dec. 25, 1937
- Harold St. Leo O'Dougherty : sworn in December 27, 1937
- Michael F. Walsh: 1938–1939
- Vine H. Smith : 1939
- Harold M. Kennedy: 1939–1944
- T. Vincent Quinn : 1944–1945
- Miles F. McDonald: 1945
- T. Vincent Quinn : 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 : 1961
- Joseph P. Hoey: 1961–1969
- Vincent T. McCarthy : 1969
- Edward R. Neaher: 1969–1971
- Robert A. Morse: 1971–1973
- Edward J. Boyd : 1973–1974
- David G. Trager: 1974–1978
- Edward R. Korman: 1978–1982
- Raymond J. Dearie: 1982–1986
- Reena Raggi : 1986
- Andrew J. Maloney: 1986–1992
- Mary Jo White : 1992–1993
- Zachary W. Carter: 1993–1999
- Loretta E. Lynch: 1999–2001
- Alan Vinegrad : 2001–2002
- Roslynn Renee Mauskopf: 2002–2007
- Benton J. Campbell : 2007–2010
- Loretta E. Lynch: April 22, 2010–2015
- Kelly Currie : 2015
- Robert L. Capers: 2015–2017
- Bridget Rohde : 2017–2018
- Richard Donoghue: 2018–2020
- Seth DuCharme : 2020–present
