Criminal Division Chief - Stacey A. Erickson

Stacey A. Erickson was named Criminal Chief for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island in 2026.

Ms. Erickson joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in August 2019, where she has prosecuted violent crime, human trafficking, complex fraud, and narcotics trafficking cases. She has also served as the offices Homeland Security Lead Task Force Attorney, the former Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Coordinator and Human Trafficking Coordinator. She was named Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in 2022.

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. Erickson served as a state prosecutor in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office for 25 years, where she led more than 100 criminal jury trials involving serious violent crime, sexual assault, organized crime, and drug trafficking. In her distinguished tenure as a Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General, Ms. Erickson served, at various times, as Criminal Chief, Deputy Criminal Chief, Chief of the Narcotics & Organized Crime Division, and Chief of the Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Unit.

Erickson is a graduate of Boston College and Suffolk University Law School.