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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

The United States attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight contiguous New York counties: the counties (coextensive boroughs of New York City) of New York (Manhattan) and Bronx, and the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan. Established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, the office represents the United States government in criminal and civil cases across the country. The SDNY handles a broad array of cases, including but not limited to those involving white collar crime, domestic terrorism, cybercrime, public corruption, organized crime, and civil rights disputes. The Southern District has earned itself the moniker the "Sovereign District of New York". Its resources, culture, and accompanying FBI field office have given the SDNY a reputation for being exceptionally aggressive in its pursuit of criminals. Due to its jurisdiction over the New York City borough of Manhattan, the preeminent financial center of the United States of America, the office's incumbent is often nicknamed the "Sheriff of Wall Street".

Infobox

Formed
September 24, 1789 (1789-09-24) by the Judiciary Act of 1789
Jurisdiction
Southern District of New York
Headquarters
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Department executive
mw- Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney
Parent Department
United States Department of Justice
Website
justice.gov/usao-sdny

Tables

· List of U.S. attorneys
1
1
Term
1
Term
April 1815–July 1819
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Jonathan Fisk
Party
Democratic-Republican
Appointed by
James Madison
2
2
Term
2
Term
July 1819–February 1828
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Robert L. Tillotson
Party
Democratic-Republican
Appointed by
James Monroe
3
3
Term
3
Term
February 1828– April 1829
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
John Duer
Party
Democratic-Republican
Appointed by
John Quincy Adams
4
4
Term
4
Term
April 1829– April 1834
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
James A. Hamilton
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Andrew Jackson
5
5
Term
5
Term
April 1834– December 10, 1838
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
William M. Price
Party
Democratic
6
6
Term
6
Term
December 1838– March 1841
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Benjamin F. Butler
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Martin Van Buren
7
7
Term
7
Term
March 1841– March 1845
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Ogden Hoffman
Party
Whig
Appointed by
William Henry Harrison
8
8
Term
8
Term
March 1845– September 1848
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Benjamin F. Butler
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
James Polk
9
9
Term
9
Term
September 1848– December 1848
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Charles McVean
Party
Democratic
10
10
Term
10
Term
January 1849–April 1849
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Lorenzo B. Shepard
Party
Democratic
11
11
Term
11
Term
April 1849–March 1853
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Jonathan Prescott Hall
Party
Whig
Appointed by
Zachary Taylor
12
12
Term
12
Term
April 1853–June 1854
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Charles O'Conor
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Franklin Pierce
13
13
Term
13
Term
July 1854–January 1858
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
John McKeon
Party
Democratic
14
14
Term
14
Term
January 1858–December 1859
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Theodore Sedgwick
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
James Buchanan
15
15
Term
15
Term
December 1859–March 1861
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
James I. Roosevelt
Party
Democratic
16
16
Term
16
Term
April 1861–April 1865
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Edward Delafield Smith
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Abraham Lincoln
17
17
Term
17
Term
April 1865–April 12, 1866
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Daniel S. Dickinson
Party
Democratic
18
18
Term
18
Term
April 1866–April 25, 1869
U.S. Attorney
Samuel G. Courtney
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Andrew Johnson
19
19
Term
19
Term
April 25, 1869–July 20, 1870
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Edwards Pierrepont
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Ulysses S. Grant
20
20
Term
20
Term
July 20, 1870–December 31, 1872
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Noah Davis
Party
Republican
21
21
Term
21
Term
December 31, 1872–January 24, 1877
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
George Bliss Jr.
Party
Republican
22
22
Term
22
Term
January 24, 1877–March 12, 1883
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Stewart L. Woodford
Party
Republican
23
23
Term
23
Term
March 12, 1883–July 6, 1885
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Elihu Root
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Chester A. Arthur
24
24
Term
24
Term
July 6, 1885–March 1, 1886
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
William Dorsheimer
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Grover Cleveland
25
25
Term
25
Term
March 1, 1886–September 16, 1889
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Stephen A. Walker
Party
Democratic
26
26
Term
26
Term
September 16, 1889–February 1, 1894
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Edward Mitchell
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Benjamin Harrison
27
27
Term
27
Term
July 23, 1894–January 1898
U.S. Attorney
Wallace Macfarlane
Party
Democratic
28
28
Term
28
Term
January 1898–January 1906
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Henry Lawrence Burnett
Party
Republican
Appointed by
William McKinley
29
29
Term
29
Term
January 1906–April 8, 1909
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Henry L. Stimson
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Theodore Roosevelt
30
30
Term
30
Term
April 8, 1909–May 7, 1913
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Henry A. Wise
Party
Republican
Appointed by
William Howard Taft
31
31
Term
31
Term
May 7, 1913–April 1917
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Hudson Snowden Marshall
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Woodrow Wilson
32
32
Term
32
Term
April 1917–June 1921
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Francis Gordon Caffey
Party
Democratic
33
33
Term
33
Term
June 1921–March 2, 1925
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
William Hayward
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Warren Harding
34
34
Term
34
Term
March 2, 1925–April 6, 1927
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Emory Buckner
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Calvin Coolidge
35
35
Term
35
Term
April 6, 1927–September 29, 1930
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Charles H. Tuttle
Party
Republican
36
36
Term
36
Term
January 1931–November 21, 1933
U.S. Attorney
George Z. Medalie
Party
Republican
37
37
Term
37
Term
December 26, 1933–May 16, 1935
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Martin Thomas Conboy Jr.
Party
Democratic
38
38
Term
38
Term
November 20, 1935–December 1938
U.S. Attorney
Lamar Hardy
Party
Democratic
39
39
Term
39
Term
March 1939–March 1941
U.S. Attorney
John T. Cahill
Party
Democratic
40
40
Term
40
Term
March 1941–June 10, 1943
U.S. Attorney
Mathias F. Correa
Party
Democratic
41
41
Term
41
Term
August 2, 1943–October 9, 1944
U.S. Attorney
James B. M. McNally
Party
Democratic
42
42
Term
42
Term
October 9, 1944–October 1949
U.S. Attorney
John F. X. McGohey
Party
Democratic
43
43
Term
43
Term
October 1949– September 18, 1951
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Irving Saypol
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Harry S. Truman
44
44
Term
44
Term
September 18, 1951–April 1, 1953
U.S. Attorney
Myles J. Lane
Party
Democratic
45
45
Term
45
Term
April 1, 1953–July 11, 1955
U.S. Attorney
J. Edward Lumbard
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
46
46
Term
46
Term
September 1, 1955–July 9, 1958
U.S. Attorney
Paul W. Williams
Party
Republican
47
47
Term
47
Term
1959–January 31, 1961
U.S. Attorney
Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr.
Party
Republican
48
48
Term
48
Term
April 18, 1961–January 16, 1970
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Robert Morgenthau
Party
Democratic
49
49
Term
49
Term
January 16, 1970–June 4, 1973
U.S. Attorney
Whitney North Seymour Jr.
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Richard Nixon
50
50
Term
50
Term
June 4, 1973–October 31, 1975
U.S. Attorney
Paul J. Curran
Party
Republican
51
51
Term
51
Term
March 1, 1976–March 2, 1980
U.S. Attorney
Robert B. Fiske
Party
Republican
52
52
Term
52
Term
May 22, 1980–June 3, 1983
U.S. Attorney
John S. Martin Jr.
Party
Democratic
53
53
Term
53
Term
June 3, 1983–January 1, 1989
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Rudy Giuliani
Party
Republican
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan
54
54
Term
54
Term
October 16, 1989–May 31, 1993
U.S. Attorney
Otto G. Obermaier
Party
Republican
55
55
Term
55
Term
June 1, 1993–January 7, 2002
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Mary Jo White
Party
Unaffiliated
Appointed by
Bill Clinton
56
56
Term
56
Term
January 7, 2002–December 15, 2003
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
James Comey
Party
Republican
Appointed by
George W. Bush
57
57
Term
57
Term
September 6, 2005–December 1, 2008
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Michael J. Garcia
Party
Republican
58
58
Term
58
Term
August 13, 2009–March 11, 2017
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Preet Bharara
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Barack Obama
59
59
Term
59
Term
October 10, 2021–December 13, 2024
U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney
Damian Williams
Party
Democratic
Appointed by
Joe Biden
Term
Attorney
Party
Appointed by
1
April 1815–July 1819
Jonathan Fisk
Democratic-Republican
James Madison
2
July 1819–February 1828
Robert L. Tillotson
Democratic-Republican
James Monroe
3
February 1828– April 1829
John Duer
Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams
4
April 1829– April 1834
James A. Hamilton
Democratic
Andrew Jackson
5
April 1834– December 10, 1838
William M. Price
Democratic
6
December 1838– March 1841
Benjamin F. Butler
Democratic
Martin Van Buren
7
March 1841– March 1845
Ogden Hoffman
Whig
William Henry Harrison
8
March 1845– September 1848
Benjamin F. Butler
Democratic
James Polk
9
September 1848– December 1848
Charles McVean
Democratic
10
January 1849–April 1849
Lorenzo B. Shepard
Democratic
11
April 1849–March 1853
Jonathan Prescott Hall
Whig
Zachary Taylor
12
April 1853–June 1854
Charles O'Conor
Democratic
Franklin Pierce
13
July 1854–January 1858
John McKeon
Democratic
14
January 1858–December 1859
Theodore Sedgwick
Democratic
James Buchanan
15
December 1859–March 1861
James I. Roosevelt
Democratic
16
April 1861–April 1865
Edward Delafield Smith
Republican
Abraham Lincoln
17
April 1865–April 12, 1866
Daniel S. Dickinson
Democratic
18
April 1866–April 25, 1869
Samuel G. Courtney
Democratic
Andrew Johnson
19
April 25, 1869–July 20, 1870
Edwards Pierrepont
Republican
Ulysses S. Grant
20
July 20, 1870–December 31, 1872
Noah Davis
Republican
21
December 31, 1872–January 24, 1877
George Bliss Jr.
Republican
22
January 24, 1877–March 12, 1883
Stewart L. Woodford
Republican
23
March 12, 1883–July 6, 1885
Elihu Root
Republican
Chester A. Arthur
24
July 6, 1885–March 1, 1886
William Dorsheimer
Democratic
Grover Cleveland
25
March 1, 1886–September 16, 1889
Stephen A. Walker
Democratic
26
September 16, 1889–February 1, 1894
Edward Mitchell
Republican
Benjamin Harrison
February 1, 1894–July 23, 1894
Henry C. Platt
Democratic
Grover Cleveland
27
July 23, 1894–January 1898
Wallace Macfarlane
Democratic
28
January 1898–January 1906
Henry Lawrence Burnett
Republican
William McKinley
29
January 1906–April 8, 1909
Henry L. Stimson
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt
30
April 8, 1909–May 7, 1913
Henry A. Wise
Republican
William Howard Taft
31
May 7, 1913–April 1917
Hudson Snowden Marshall
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson
32
April 1917–June 1921
Francis Gordon Caffey
Democratic
33
June 1921–March 2, 1925
William Hayward
Republican
Warren Harding
34
March 2, 1925–April 6, 1927
Emory Buckner
Republican
Calvin Coolidge
35
April 6, 1927–September 29, 1930
Charles H. Tuttle
Republican
September 29, 1930–January 1931
Robert E. Manley
Republican
Herbert Hoover
36
January 1931–November 21, 1933
George Z. Medalie
Republican
November 22, 1933–December 26, 1933
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican
Franklin D. Roosevelt
37
December 26, 1933–May 16, 1935
Martin Thomas Conboy Jr.
Democratic
May 16, 1935–November 20, 1935
Francis W. H. Adams
Democratic
38
November 20, 1935–December 1938
Lamar Hardy
Democratic
December 1938–March 1939
Gregory Francis Noonan
Democratic
39
March 1939–March 1941
John T. Cahill
Democratic
40
March 1941–June 10, 1943
Mathias F. Correa
Democratic
June 10, 1943–August 2, 1943
Howard F. Corcoran
Democratic
41
August 2, 1943–October 9, 1944
James B. M. McNally
Democratic
42
October 9, 1944–October 1949
John F. X. McGohey
Democratic
43
October 1949– September 18, 1951
Irving Saypol
Democratic
Harry S. Truman

References

  1. Henry C. Platt served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  2. Robert E. Manley served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  3. Thomas E. Dewey served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  4. Francis W. H. Adams served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  5. Gregory Francis Noonan served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  6. Correa served as Acting U.S. Attorney from March to July 1941 before official confirmation to the post.
  7. Howard F. Corcoran served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  8. McGohey served as Acting U.S. Attorney from October 9, 1944, to January 1945 before official confirmation to the post.
  9. Saypol served as Acting U.S. Attorney from October 1949 to April 13, 1950, before official confirmation to the post.
  10. Lloyd F. McMahon served as interim U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  11. Arthur H. Christy served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  12. Morton S. Robson served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  13. From September 6 to November 20, 1962, Morgenthau resigned his position to run for Governor of New York. After he was de
  14. Thomas J. Cahill served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  15. William M. Tendy served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  16. Benito Romano served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  17. David N. Kelley served as interim U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  18. Lev Dassin served as interim U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  19. Joon Kim served as interim U.S. Attorney during the vacancy
  20. Geoffrey Berman served as Interim U.S. Attorney from January 5 to April 25, 2018 and as court-appointed U.S. Attorney fr
  21. Audrey Strauss served as Acting U.S. Attorney from June 20, 2020, until she was court-appointed U.S. Attorney on January
  22. New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/nyregion/preet-bharara-us-attorney.html
  23. Prosecutors in the Boardroom: Using Criminal Law to Regulate Corporate conduct
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    https://archive.org/details/huntforksminside0000mcde
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  31. "Who is James Comey: 7 things to know about the fired FBI director"
    https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/07/politics/who-is-james-comey-fbi-director-things-to-know/index.html
  32. "Statement Of U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman On Appointment By Chief Judge"
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-geoffrey-s-berman-appointment-chief-judge
  33. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/nyregion/10bharara.html/
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    https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/12/politics/who-is-geoffrey-berman/index.html
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    https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/politics/berman-independence-doj/index.html
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  37. Mother Jones
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  39. Vulture
    https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/billions-recap-season-2-episode-7.html
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