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United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York

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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 current incumbent is Robert L. Capers, his predecessor Loretta E. Lynch resigned to take office as U.S. Attorney General on April 27, 2015.

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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 (died in office)
  • Harold St. Leo O'Dougherty (interim): sworn in Dec. 27, 1937 - 1938
  • Michael F. Walsh: 1938–1939 (resigned, appointed Secretary of State of New York)
  • Vine H. Smith (interim): 1939
  • Harold M. Kennedy: 1939–1944 (resigned, appointed judge of this Court])
  • T. Vincent Quinn (interim): 1944–1945
  • Miles F. McDonald: 1945 (resigned, elected Kings County D.A. 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 R. 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 E. Lynch: 1999–2001
  • Alan Vinegrad (interim): 2001–2002
  • Roslynn Renee Mauskopf: 2002–2007
  • Benton J. Campbell (interim): 2007–2010
  • Loretta E. Lynch: 2010–2015
  • Kelly Currie (interim): 2015
  • Robert L. Capers: 2015–2017

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