Felice John Viti

Acting United States Attorney

Felice John Viti was named Acting United States Attorney for the District of Utah on February 17, 2025. He is the chief federal law enforcement officer over 29 counties in the large district. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is headquartered in Salt Lake City and has a branch office in Southern Utah.

Prior to serving as Acting U.S. Attorney, Mr. Viti was appointed First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Utah in June 2022. 

Mr. Viti has been in public service for over 41 years. He began his career in 1983 as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx, N.Y., where he held a number of leadership positions.  In 1990, Mr. Viti became an FBI special agent where he investigated narcotics, white collar, and public corruption cases.  In 1992, he was named Utah Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.  In 1995, Mr. Viti joined the United States Attorney’s Office in Utah.  During his tenure as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he has served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney, the Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, the Criminal Chief, the Chief of the General Crimes Section, and the Chief of the Violent Crimes/Terrorism Section.  He has prosecuted a wide variety of violent crime cases, including the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case. He has also served in DOJ details in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2000), Baghdad, Iraq (2006), the Military Commissions prosecutions of two al-Qaeda high value detainees (2007-2010) and (2015-2016), and, most recently, the Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Division at DOJ (2020-2022).

Mr. Viti earned his undergraduate degree from Columbia College (1979) and his law degree from Fordham Law School (1983).