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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 interim U.S. Attorney is Richard Donoghue, who replaced acting U.S. Attorney Bridget Rohde on January 4, 2018. The Eastern District was home to Loretta E. Lynch who resigned 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.
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History
The Eastern District of New York was formed by taking away these five counties from the Southern District of New York in 1865.
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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
- 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: April 22, 2010-2015
- Kelly Currie (interim): 2015
- Robert L. Capers: 2015-2017
- Bridget Rohde (acting): 2017-2018
- Richard Donoghue: 2018 current
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External links
- United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Official Website
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