U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland
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The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the State of Maryland. Rod J. Rosenstein
is the U.S. Attorney for the District.
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland
has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney.
Rod J. Rosenstein
Rod J. Rosenstein is the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.-Background:...
is the U.S. Attorney for the District.
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland....
has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney.
Organization
The Office is organized into divisions handling civil, criminal, and civil rights matters.Former U.S. Attorneys for the District of Maryland
- Richard PottsRichard PottsRichard Potts was an American politician and jurist.-Early life and career:Potts was born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and lived there until he moved with his family to the Barbados Islands in 1757. He returned to Maryland and settled in the state capital of Annapolis in 1761, where he studied law...
1789-1792 - Zebulon Hollingsworth 1792-1806
- John Stephen 1806-1810
- Thomas B. Dorsey 1810-1812
- Elias Glenn 1812-1824
- Nathaniel Williams 1824-1841
- Zaccheus Collins LeeZaccheus Collins LeeZaccheus Collins Lee was an American politician, who served as U.S. District Attorney.-Family, Marriage & Children:...
1841-1845 - William L. Marshall 1845-1850
- Zaccheus Collins LeeZaccheus Collins LeeZaccheus Collins Lee was an American politician, who served as U.S. District Attorney.-Family, Marriage & Children:...
1850-1853 - William M. Addison 1853-1862
- William Price 1862-1865
- William J. Jones 1865-1866
- William Price 1866-1867
- Andrew Sterett Ridgley 1867-1869
- Archibald Stirling, Jr. 1869-1886
- Thomas Gordon Hayes 1886-1890
- John T. Ensor 1890-1894
- William L. Marbury 1894-1898
- John C. Rose 1898-1910
- John P. Hill 1910-1915
- Samuel K. Dennis 1915-1920
- Robert R. Carman 1920-1922
- Amos W. W. Woodcock 1922-1931
- Simon E. Sobeloff 1931-1934
- Bernard J. Flynn 1934-1953
- George C. Doub 1953-1956
- Walter E. Black, Jr. 1956-1957
- Leon H. A. Pierson 1957-1961
- Joseph D. Tydings 1961-1963
- Robert H. Kernon 1963
- Thomas J. Kenney 1963-1967
- Stephen H. SachsStephen H. SachsStephen H. Sachs is a former Maryland politician and former Attorney General of Maryland.- Background :Sachs was born in Baltimore City, the son of Shirley and Leon Sachs. He is Jewish. Sachs was educated at Haverford College and Yale Law School...
1967-1970 - George BeallGeorge BeallGeorge Beall was a wealthy landowner in Maryland and Georgetown in what is now Washington, D.C..Beall's Levels and Rock of Dunbarton, part of his landholdings, were surveyed in 1752 as a possible site for George Town . Maryland offered Beall two lots in the town, along with the "price of...
1970-1975 - Jervis S. Finney 1975-1978
- Russell T. Baker 1978-1981
- Herbert Better* 1981
- J. Frederick MotzJ. Frederick MotzJ. Frederick Motz is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Motz received an A.B. from Wesleyan University in 1964 and an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1967. He was a law clerk, Hon. Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit from 1967 to...
1981-1985 - Catherine C. Blake* 1985-1986
- Breckinridge L. Willcox 1986-1991
- Richard D. BennettRichard D. BennettRichard D. Bennett is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bennett received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1973. He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1969 to 1975, and in the Maryland...
1991-1993 - Gary P. Jordan* 1993
- Lynne A. BattagliaLynne A. BattagliaLynne Ann Battaglia is an American lawyer and jurist from Howard County, Maryland. Battaglia was born in Silver Creek, New York. She earned a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1974 and was admitted to the bar that same year...
1993-2001 - Stephen Schenning* 2001
- Thomas M. DiBiagioThomas M. DiBiagioThomas M. DiBiagio is a former United States Attorney in the state of Maryland. After eight U.S. attorneys were fired by the Bush administration in 2006 for performance-related issues under a clause of the PATRIOT Act Thomas M. DiBiagio is a former United States Attorney in the state of Maryland....
2001-2005 - Allen F. Loucks* 2005
- Rod J. RosensteinRod J. RosensteinRod J. Rosenstein is the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.-Background:...
2005–Present