Attorney General Appoints R. Matthew Price United States Attorney

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On August 1^st, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced the appointment of R. Matthew Price as United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Price served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Jefferson County Missouri and later as an Assistant Circuit Attorney in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office.  In 2008, Price joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee as a Criminal AUSA.  After several years with DOJ, Price left to become a Senior Attorney for a Fortune 100 Company, later serving as the Lead Counsel for Compliance, Investigations & Government Litigation, overseeing internal investigations and managing global compliance projects.

In 2014, Price joined the City of Germantown, Tennessee as the Chief Prosecuting Attorney.  Later, he worked at another Fortune 100 Company as a Senior Counsel, later promoted to Managing Counsel, where he directed complex investigations and led workstreams related to government inquiries.  Most recently, Price has served as the Chief Legal Officer for a large Missouri corporation.