Timothy VerHey

Timothy VerHey was appointed to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan on July 21, 2025.  VerHey has been a federal prosecutor in Grand Rapids for nearly 35 years, where he has handled all manner of criminal cases ranging from international fraud, domestic terrorism, capital murder, drug offenses, child sex offenses and violent crime.  After graduating with honors from the University of Notre Dame Law School, he clerked for the Honorable Harry W. Wellford at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  After two years as an attorney at the Grand Rapids law firm Warner, Norcross & Judd, VerHey joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 1990.  The Justice Department has recognized him more than once for superior performance as a prosecutor, and he is frequently asked to train the nation’s federal prosecutors in trial skills.  In 2007 he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers.

As U.S. Attorney, VerHey serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer representing the United States in all federal criminal and civil litigation in the Western District of Michigan.  The district encompasses 1.6 million people and covers the western half of the lower peninsula and all the upper peninsula of the State.  He leads a staff of approximately 70 prosecutors, civil litigators and support staff.