Senior Management Team

Caroline Burgunder – First Assistant United States Attorney

Saima Mohsin - Criminal Division Chief

Saima Shafiq Mohsin is the Criminal Division Chief for the Eastern District of Michigan. Ms. Mohsin is a career prosecutor who has more than 30 years’ experience in state and federal courts protecting the public from threats to national security, violence, organized criminal activity, corruption, theft and fraud, drug trafficking, child exploitation, and human trafficking.  She previously served as the Acting United States Attorney and the First Assistant United States Attorney in the district. Prior to becoming a federal prosecutor, Ms. Mohsin served a Deputy Attorney General in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Bureau of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office prosecuting complex organized crime cases, and as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan in a trial division.

Ms. Mohsin received her law degree from Rutgers Law School – Camden, and her Bachelor of Arts Degree in political science and economics from Rutgers University – New Brunswick.

Danielle Asher - Deputy Criminal Division Chief

Danielle Asher is the Deputy Criminal Chief for the Eastern District of Michigan.  Before serving in this role, Ms. Asher was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Violent and Organized Crime Unit, specializing in complex gang prosecutions.  Ms. Asher also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Ohio in the General Crimes Unit through the Attorney General’s Honors Program.  After law school, Ms. Asher clerked for the Honorable Robert Holmes Bell and the Honorable Robert J. Jonker on the Western District of Michigan. 

Ms. Asher received a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Michigan School of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

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. 
 

Robert Poikey - Administrative Officer 

Robert “Bob” Poikey is the Administrative Officer (AO) for the Eastern District of Michigan. The Administrative Division oversees Human Resources, Budget, Administrative Services, Litigation and Information Technology. Robert (Bob) has been with the office since 2005 and formerly served as the Chief of the Security and Law Enforcement Unit overseeing office assets for intelligence, law enforcement coordination, outreach and security. Robert holds a bachelor's degree from Wayne State University and a graduate degree from the University of Detroit.