Meet the U.S. Attorney

Benjamin L. Wallace was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware on December 12, 2025.  Mr. Wallace previously served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney and an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District.  As a line prosecutor, Mr. Wallace prosecuted all manner of federal crimes, ranging from gang-related homicide to complex financial fraud.

Mr. Wallace is a native Delawarean.  He graduated from the Charter School of Wilmington, before earning his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his law degree from Yale Law School.  Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Wallace was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and an attorney-adviser in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel.  Mr. Wallace began his legal career by clerking for Judge Raymond Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States.