Zachary Augustus Myers (born 1981) is an American lawyer who is the United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana.

Early life and education

Myers was born in Stanford, California, and raised in Indiana, the son of Woody Myers, a physician and political candidate. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, a Master of Arts in political management from The Graduate School of Political Management in 2003, and a

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from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2008.

Career

From 2003 to 2005, Myers served as a legislative correspondent for Congresswoman Julia Carson. From 2008 to 2011, Myers was an attorney at

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. He then served as assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 2011 to 2014. He joined the United States District Court for the District of Maryland as assistant U.S. attorney in 2014 and became the district's cybersecurity counsel.

United States attorney

On July 26, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Myers to be the United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. On September 23, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee. On September 30, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote. On November 15, 2021, he was sworn in by Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.

References

External links

Biography at U.S. Department of Justice
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