Ken Sorenson

Ken Sorenson is the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii. In this role, he leads a team of 23 lawyers, and 40 staff members enforcing federal criminal law, defending the United States in civil actions, and safeguarding the 1.5 million people residing across the Hawaiian Islands.

Mr. Sorenson has previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney where he led multiple investigations and prosecutions in some of Hawaii’s most notable cases including several nationally renowned espionage and terrorism cases, along with a great number of complex murder, money laundering, narcotics, and public corruption cases. He has been awarded the Director’s Award for Superior Performance on two occasions.  In 2011 he received the J. Michael Bradford Award given annually to the nation’s most outstanding Assistant U.S. Attorney for his investigation and prosecution of a major espionage case involving the communication of classified information and intellectual property related to stealth to the People’s Republic of China.

Mr. Sorenson has served as a First Assistant U.S Attorney, Criminal Chief and Senior Litigation Counsel during his long career with the Department of Justice.