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FORMER MARYLAND UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
U.S. ATTORNEY
TERM
Richard Potts
1789-1792
Zebulon Hollingsworth
1792-1806
John Stephen
1806-1810
Thomas B. Dorsey
1810-1812
Elias Glenn
1812-1824
Nathaniel Williams
1824-1841
Z. Collins Lee
1841-1845
William L. Marshall
1845-1850
Z. Collins Lee
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. Sachs
1967-1970
George Beall
1970-1975
Jervis S. Finney
1975-1978
Russell T. Baker
1978-1981
Herbert Better*
1981
J. Frederick Motz
1981-1985
Catherine C. Blake*
1985-1986
Breckinridge L. Willcox
1986-1991
Richard D. Bennett
1991-1993
Gary P. Jordan*
1993
Lynne A. Battaglia
1993-2001
Stephen Schenning*
2001
Thomas M. DiBiagio
2001-2005
Allen F. Loucks*
2005
Rod J. Rosenstein
2005-Present
* designates interim U.S. Attorneys who served when there was no presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Roger Conner et al., National Symposium on the Changing Role of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in Public Safety: The Office of U.S. Attorney and Public Safety: A Brief History Prepared for the “Changing Role of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in Public Safety” Symposium, 28 Cap. U. L. Rev.753 (2000).

John E. Clark and Ronald F. Ederer, National Association of Former United States Attorneys, 47 Fed. Law. 40 (Aug. 2000).

H.H. Walker Lewis and James F. Schneider, A Bicentennial History of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland 1790 - 1990 (Federal Bar Ass’n, Maryland Chapter 1990)

Maryland State Archives, http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/.

Whitney North Seymour Jr., United States Attorney (William Morrow & Co. 1975).

OFFICE AWARDS

The U.S. Attorney’s Office recognizes outstanding work by its employees and law enforcement agents with several annual awards:

Gary Jordan Award
Gary P. Jordan served with distinction for many years as a Maryland Assistant U.S. Attorney, and as First Assistant from March 29, 1987 until his death on October 25, 1996. The Baltimore office’s largest meeting room has been named the Jordan Conference Room in his honor. This is an honorary award presented annually to an Assistant U.S. Attorney for exemplary performance which demonstrates the highest traditions of the office: integrity, ingenuity, dedication to public service and fairness.

Barnet D. Skolnik Award
Barnet (“Barney”) D. Skolnik was a Maryland Assistant U.S. Attorney who led prosecution teams that prosecuted numerous white collar criminals and corrupt public officials in the 1970s, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. This is an honorary award presented annually to one or more Assistant U.S. Attorneys who demonstrate outstanding professionalism, determination and creativity in a case of unusual public significance.

Employee of the Year Award
The Employee of the Year award recognizes sustained superior performance and outstanding achievements during the preceding year by a non-attorney employee. The award also recognizes the recipient's professionalism, dedication and comprehensive knowledge in their area of expertise.

Pete Twardowicz Award
This is an award established in honor of Eugene P. (Pete) Twardowicz, who rendered many years of outstanding service as an Internal Revenue Service criminal investigator and as a special investigator for the United States Attorney’s Office. This Award recognizes law enforcement agents or officers for their outstanding cooperation and achievement while working with the Office on a significant case.

Last Update 10/16/2007