Department of Justice Allocates Eight Additional Attorneys to the U.S. Attorney’s Office

DETROIT – The U.S. Department of Justice has allocated eight additional attorney positions and two support staff positions to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan to meet the district’s needs and the priorities of the Office and the Department, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.

U.S. Attorney Ison had requested the additional resources over the past three months to meet her priorities of rebuilding community trust, reinvigorating civil rights enforcement efforts, and restructuring the office’s approach to violent crime. The eight additional attorneys and two support staff personnel will be hired over the coming months and will serve in the Detroit, Flint, and Bay City offices.

Two additional prosecutors and a new support staff employee will be hired to focus on violent crime and national security cases, including counter-terrorism efforts. One of the additional Assistant U.S. Attorneys will be dedicated to prosecuting criminal civil rights violations and bringing civil enforcement actions to protect civil rights. Two new prosecutors will be focused on prosecuting violent crime on the Isabella Reservation in Indian Country from the Office’s Bay City Branch. Two new attorneys, in term positions, will be detailed to fight fraud on Covid-19 pandemic relief programs through criminal prosecutions and civil enforcement actions. A new Assistant U.S. Attorney, as well as a new information technology specialist, will work on the Office’s eLitigation operations and improving the use of technology to manage electronic discovery in our civil and criminal cases.

As part of the process, the Department of Justice received requests for new resources and new prosecutors from U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department’s top leadership evaluated the requests, made final decisions, and recently notified the Offices of these decisions.

On June 21, 2023, at 4:00 p.m., the Office will be holding a recruitment event in preparation for the hiring of these additional eight attorneys.

“These additional resources will further invigorate our efforts to protect the District’s citizens and communities and to protect taxpayer dollars from fraud,” U.S. Attorney Ison said. “I am grateful