APRIL LEON NAMED ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

April M. Leon has been named as the Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana following the departure of Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. who had served as the United States Attorney since 2021. As Acting U.S. Attorney, Mrs. Leon serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Middle District of Louisiana, which covers a nine-parish region with a population of approximately one million people and oversees the investigation and litigation of all criminal and civil cases brought on behalf of the United States in the District.

Mrs. Leon stated, “I am honored to continue my commitment to public service as Acting United States Attorney and fulfill the mission of the Department by collaboratively working with our federal, state, and local partners.”

Mrs. Leon previously served as First Assistant United States Attorney, the second most senior official in the United States Attorney’s Office, and as an Assistant United States Attorney within the Special Matters Unit.  She is a career prosecutor with over fifteen years of prosecutorial experience on both the federal and state levels.

Mrs. Leon received her Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center.  During her law school tenure, she was selected as a member of the moot court and mock trial competition teams. As a law student, she externed at East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office as a Special Assistant Rule 20 Prosecutor and tried her first case as a prosecutor before graduating law school. Mrs. Leon is also a graduate, magna cum laude, of Howard University.