Richard D. Westphal

U.S. Attorney

U.S. Attorney Richard D. Westphal was born and raised in Davenport, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and in 1990 received a law degree from the University of Iowa, College of Law. Westphal was admitted into the State of Iowa bar in June 1990. He began private practice from 1990-1993 at Reynolds and Kenline in Dubuque, Iowa. From 1993-1996, Westphal was an assistant county attorney in Johnson County and Muscatine County. In April 1996, he was designated as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa specializing in methamphetamine prosecutions. From June 1997 to the present, Westphal has been an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Iowa. While at the U.S. Attorney’s Office he has been Branch Chief of the Davenport Branch Office (2013), Criminal Chief (June 2018), and First Assistant United States Attorney (January 2021). On January 8, 2021, Westphal was appointed as the Acting United States Attorney. On November 16, 2021 Attorney General Garland appointed him as U.S. Attorney.

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