Senior Management Team

Julie Beck – First Assistant United States Attorney

Julie A. Beck has been an AUSA since 2003. She has served as Chief of the Civil Division, Chief of the Drug Task Force, and Chief of the Forfeiture and Financial Litigation Unit as well as a line attorney in both the Civil and Criminal Divisions. Her work has centered on money laundering, controlled substances offenses and forfeiture.

After law school, she completed a series of clerkships, first with the Honorable Horace W. Gilmore followed by the Honorable Paul D. Borman in the Eastern District of Michigan, and an interim clerkship with the Honorable Cornelia Kennedy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She also worked at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She earned an undergraduate degree in English and Education from Brigham Young University and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to law school, Julie taught high school English for many years in Utah and Michigan. 

Vacant - Criminal Division Chief

Jessica Currie - Appellate Division Chief

Jessica Currie is the Chief of the Appellate Division. She joined the United States Attorney’s Office in 2019 and has served as an AUSA in both the Criminal and Appellate Divisions. Before becoming an AUSA, Jessica worked in private practice at the law firms of Dickinson Wright LLP and Bush Seyferth PLLC, both based in metro Detroit, where she specialized in appeals, class actions, and commercial litigation. Earlier in her legal career, Jessica clerked for Justice Brian Zahra of the Michigan Supreme Court and Judge Richard Allen Griffin of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Jessica earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and her law degree magna cum laude from the University of Toledo College of Law.

Kevin Erskine - Civil Division Chief

Kevin Erskine is the Chief of the Civil Division. Kevin has been an AUSA since 2015 and served as a SAUSA starting in 2010. As part of the Affirmative Litigation Unit, he led the office’s robust bankruptcy practice, protecting the United States’ interests in Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcies. Kevin also handled real property matters and served as the unit’s Deputy Chief.

Prior to joining the office, Kevin was a Senior Attorney at the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, a career law clerk to the Honorable Paul V. Gadola, III, and served as a pro bono attorney for a legal aid clinic. He is a Michigan State University Honors College graduate with degrees in chemistry and forensic science and received his law degree cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law. Before attending law school, Kevin was a Forensic Chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration in Chicago, Illinois. 
 

Veneshia Cezil - Administrative Officer 

Veneshia Cezil graduated from Oakwood University in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in political science.  She returned to Michigan to attend Thomas M. Cooley Law School and graduated in 2008.  After law school, Veneshia joined the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in the general trials unit where she prosecuted theft, assault, drug, and gun crimes. She was later transferred to WCPO’s Special Victims Unit where she prosecuted sexual assault crimes.  In 2015 Veneshia joined the Michigan Department of Attorney General’s Children and Youth Services Division where she handled Child Abuse and Neglect Cases. Veneshia became the Chief of the Division in 2019 and later the Criminal Bureau Chief where she oversaw the Criminal, Health Care Fraud, Children and Youth Services, and Financial Crimes Divisions. Veneshia also served as the Department’s Chief of Operations where she oversaw all their Human Resources, Budgeting, and Facilities matters for over 500 staff members. She is currently serving as the office’s eLitigation AUSA as well as the Administrative Officer.