Former United States Attorney Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey
Former United States Attorney
District of Arizona

Michael Bailey was nominated by President Trump to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona on February 12, 2019, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 23, 2019.

Prior to his appointment as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Bailey served for 4 years as the Chief Deputy to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. In that position he oversaw an office of 475 attorneys engaged in a broad spectrum of legal practice.  

Mr. Bailey had previously been a criminal prosecutor specializing at different times in homicide and sex crimes prosecution. He also had experience as a litigator in private practice, and as an assistant professor at a liberal arts college.

He is a 1987 graduate of Westmont College and a 1990 graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. He was born and grew up in New York’s Hudson River Valley just outside of New York City.

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