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William McSwain
William Miller McSwain (born 1969) is an American attorney and a former United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a position he held from April 6, 2018 to January 22, 2021. He was nominated to the post by President Donald Trump. After leaving his position as United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney, McSwain entered private practice at Duane Morris LLP. He then ran, unsuccessfully, for the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election#Republican primary, Republican nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2022 after which he again returned to private practice. Early life, education, and legal career McSwain graduated from Yale University in 1991. After graduating from Yale, he spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantry officer. He commanded a platoon in that role. In 2000, he graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the ''Harvard Law Review''. From 2003 to 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Attorney
United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal criminal prosecutor in their judicial district and represents the U.S. federal government in civil litigation in federal and state court within their geographic jurisdiction. U.S. attorneys must be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, after which they serve four-year terms. Currently, there are 93 U.S. attorneys in 94 district offices located throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. One U.S. attorney is assigned to each of the judicial districts, with the exception of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where a single U.S. attorney serves both districts. Each U.S. attorney is the chief federal law enforcement officer within a specified jurisdiction, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
