Robert N. Tracci

Robert Neira Tracci is the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Mr. Tracci assumed the role on August 20, 2025.

As the Acting United States Attorney, Mr. Tracci serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer in the Western District of Virginia, responsible for representing the United States in all civil and criminal litigation. Acting U.S. Attorney Tracci leads an office of nearly 30 federal prosecutors and support staff.

Mr. Tracci most recently served as Senior Assistant Attorney General and Section Chief for Major Crimes and Emerging Threats at the Virginia Office of Attorney General. In this role, he led the prosecution component of Ceasefire Virginia, a multi-jurisdictional effort to combat violent crime, illegal firearms, and narcotics offenses in state and federal courts.

From 2020-2022, Mr. Tracci served as Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney and Special Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for Louisa and Greene counties, where he prosecuted violent crime, including first-degree murder, crimes against children, and other offenses in general district, juvenile and domestic relations, and circuit courts.  From 2016-2019, Mr. Tracci was the elected Commonwealth’s Attorney for Albemarle County. As Commonwealth’s Attorney, Mr. Tracci prosecuted transnational criminal organizations, commercial sex trafficking, first-degree murder, and other crimes of violence.   

Mr. Tracci brings considerable federal prosecution and agency experience to this position. From 2007-2012, he served as Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia (Charlottesville Division), where he prosecuted firearms, narcotics, and other federal offenses. He co-chaired federal jury trials, including a murder-for-hire and witness tampering case.  Prior to serving as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Tracci was Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented the interests of the Department of Justice in national security, antiterrorism, criminal, cyber security, antitrust, and intellectual property matters before Congress and sister agencies.

Prior to his service at the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Tracci was Antitrust Counsel, and Chief Legislative Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Tracci received support for this position from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. Mr. Tracci is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University.