Meet the United States Attorney

Scott E. Bradford was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon on July 28, 2025. Hired through the Attorney General’s Honors Program, Mr. Bradford has been a federal prosecutor for 18 years and has handled all manner of criminal cases, including violent crime, narcotics trafficking, child exploitation, fraud, cyber, and national security.

Mr. Bradford joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon in 2009 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and served in a variety of leadership roles within the office, including Chief of the White Collar Unit, Chief of the Economic, National Security, and Cyber Crimes Unit, and Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division.

In 2022, Mr. Bradford served as the U.S. Department of Justice’s Regional Cybercrime Attaché in Southeast Asia where he trained justice sector partners within the region to combat cybercrime. Prior to his return to Oregon as the U.S. Attorney, Mr. Bradford was the Acting Chief of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section in the National Security Division in Washington, D.C.

Growing up near Portland, Oregon, Mr. Bradford attended Brigham Young University and Gonzaga University School of Law. After law school, Mr. Bradford clerked for the Honorable Michael W. Mosman in the District of Oregon. Mr. Bradford also teaches white collar and cybercrime courses at the University of Oregon School of Law.