Daniel P. Bubar

Daniel P. Bubar

Acting United States Attorney

Daniel P. Bubar is the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.  Mr. Bubar assumed this role on February 3, 2025, pursuant to the Vacancy Reform Act following the resignation of United States Attorney Michael F. Easley, Jr.

As Acting U.S. Attorney, Mr. Bubar is the top-ranking federal law enforcement official in the Eastern District of North Carolina, which includes the 44 eastern most counties of North Carolina. The office is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of all federal crimes and the litigation of all civil matters in which the United States has an interest in the District. 

Prior to assuming the role of Acting United States Attorney, Mr. Bubar served as the First Assistant United States Attorney.  Mr. Bubar originally joined the U.S. Department of Justice in 2010 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Virginia. He joined the Eastern District of North Carolina in its Criminal Division in 2016. In July of 2018, Mr. Bubar returned to Virginia where he was named the First Assistant U.S. Attorney and served as Acting U.S. Attorney from September 2020 through October of 2021 before returning to the First Assistant role.  In December of 2021, he rejoined the Eastern District of North Carolina as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the district.  Prior to his government service, Mr. Bubar practiced law in the business and securities litigation group at McGuireWoods LLP in Chicago from 2004 to 2010.  Mr. Bubar is a graduate of Taylor University and Notre Dame Law School.