Divisions

Executive Leadership

First Assistant U.S. Attorney

The First Assistant U.S. Attorney (FAUSA) is the second-highest ranking official in the U.S. Attorney's Office. The FAUSA assists in the executive management of the office and supervises a staff of nearly 120 attorneys and professional staff between our four offices. 

Administrative Division

Raul Cruz, Administrative Officer

The mission of the Administrative Division is to provide consistent and effective administrative services and support to the employees and programs of the United States Attorney's Office.

The Administrative Division is responsible for planning and executing a comprehensive range of administrative services that support the mission of the United States Attorney's Office. The Division is managed by the Administrative Officer, who is the principal advisor to the United States Attorney and the District on administrative matters. The Administrative Officer provides guidance on the management and use of the District's physical, financial and human resources and on administrative policies, procedures, and practices.  Administrative programs include: human resources; financial management; space and facilities; systems and information technology; case files, records and docketing; telecommunication services; procurement; security services; and mail.

Appellate, Asset Forfeiture and Financial Litigation Division

Kathleen Stoughton, Chief

The Appellate, Asset Forfeiture and Financial Litigation Division represents the interests of the federal government in a wide variety of areas, including the handling of appeals from district court, the forfeiture of assets obtained by criminals and the collection of debts owed to victims of crime and the federal government.

Civil Division

Will Jordan, Chief

Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office represent the interests of the federal government in all civil litigation involving the United States, its departments and agencies and federal employees in the District of South Carolina. Civil cases represent a significant portion of the caseload of the office of the United States Attorney and cover a broad and diverse subject matter.

Criminal Division

Benjamin Garner, Chief

The Criminal Division of the U. S. Attorney's Office is the largest of the Office's divisions. Over 50 personnel are assigned to the Criminal Division.

The Criminal Division is divided into two sections, General Crimes/White Collar and Narcotics/OCDETF/Violent Crime. The General Crimes/White Collar Section focuses on complex fraud and financial crimes that the federal government is uniquely qualified to handle. Cases include mortgage fraud, bank fraud, securities fraud, health care fraud, copyright and trademark violations, theft of trade secrets, identity theft, illegal reentry, environmental crimes and many others. The General Crimes/White Collar Section also prosecutes computer and child exploitation crimes including those involving the sexual exploitation of children and internet child pornography, computer intrusions, and internet fraud. Finally, this Section is responsible for handling criminal civil rights cases, public corruption cases, and terrorism cases.

The Narcotics/Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF)/Violent Crime Section focuses on prosecuting violations of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, which sets out federal criminal offenses involving unlawful importation, possession, distribution, and manufacture of controlled substances. The Act also has rules concerning civil and criminal forfeiture of contraband, facilities used to further unlawful drug trafficking and the proceeds of unlawful drug trafficking. OCDETF prosecutors in this section focus on major drug traffickers whose organizations span District and international borders. The Narcotics/OCDETF Section also handles gang-related crimes that have a nexus to narcotics trafficking. Our work on Violent Crime focuses on the federal prosecution of Title 18 firearms offenses, violations of the National Firearms Act under Title 26, kidnappings, carjacking, Hobbs Act Robbery, bank robbery, gang related organized crime, and other crimes of violence. Prosecutors in this Section head up Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the Attorney General’s flagship strategy aimed at combating violent crime through targeted prosecution of violent repeat offenders.