Meet the U.S. Attorney
Marc H. Silverman
Marc H. Silverman became the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut on January 18, 2025, upon the resignation of U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery. Mr. Silverman joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in 2010, and most recently served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney. From 2022 to 2024 he was Chief of the Criminal Division, and from 2014 to 2022, he served as Deputy Chief of the Office’s Appellate Division.
Mr. Silverman is a 2003 graduate of Yale University and a 2006 graduate of Yale Law School. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Silverman was an Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellow at Advocates for Children of New York, Inc.; in private practice; and a law clerk for Judge Kimba M. Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and Judge Dennis Jacobs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Silverman is the 55th U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, an office that was established in 1789.