United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York - wikipedia United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Seal of the Department of Justice. United States Eastern District of New York counties. The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in five New York counties : Kings ( Brooklyn ), Queens, Richmond ( Staten Island ), Nassau and Suffolk. The current interim U.S. Attorney is Richard Donoghue, who replaced acting U.S. Attorney Bridget Rohde on January 4, 2018. The Eastern District was home to Loretta E. Lynch who resigned to take office as U.S. Attorney General on April 27, 2015. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted and defended by the U.S. Attorney. Contents 1 History 2 List of U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York 3 Notes 4 External links History The Eastern District of New York was formed by taking away these five counties from the Southern District of New York in 1865. List of U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York Benjamin D. Silliman : 1865 -- 1866 Benjamin F. Tracy : 1866 -- 1877 Asa W. Tenney : 1877 -- 1885 Mark D. Wilbur : 1885 -- 1889 Jesse Johnson : 1889 -- 1894 John Oakey : 1894 James L. Bennett : 1894 -- 1898 George H. Pettit : 1898 -- 1902 William J. Young : 1902 -- 1915 Louis R. Bick : 1915 Melville J. France : 1915 -- 1919 James D. Bell : 1919 LeRoy W. Ross : 1919 -- 1921 Wallace E.J. Collins : 1921 Ralph C. Greene : 1921 -- 1925 William A. DeGroot : 1925 -- 1929 Howard W. Ameli : 1929 -- 1934 Leo J. Hickey : 1934 -- Dec. 25, 1937 ( died in office ) Harold St. Leo O'Dougherty ( interim ) : sworn in December 27, 1937 Michael F. Walsh : 1938 -- 1939 ( resigned, appointed Secretary of State of New York ) Vine H. Smith ( interim ) : 1939 Harold M. Kennedy : 1939 -- 1944 ( resigned, appointed judge of this Court ) ) T. Vincent Quinn ( interim ) : 1944 -- 1945 Miles F. McDonald : 1945 ( resigned, elected Kings County District Attorney in November 1945 ) T. Vincent Quinn ( interim ) : 1945 - 46 J. Vincent Keogh : 1946 -- 1950 Frank J. Parker : 1950 -- 1953 Leonard P. Moore : 1953 -- 1957 Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr. : 1957 -- 1961 Elliot Kahaner ( interim ) : 1961 Joseph P. Hoey : 1961 -- 1969 Vincent T. McCarthy ( interim ) : 1969 Edward R. Neaher : 1969 -- 1971 Robert A. Morse : 1971 -- 1973 Edward J. Boyd ( interim ) : 1973 -- 1974 David G. Trager : 1974 -- 1978 Edward R. Korman : 1978 -- 1982 Raymond J. Dearie : 1982 -- 1986 Reena Raggi ( interim ) : 1986 Andrew J. Maloney : 1986 -- 1992 Mary Jo White ( interim ) : 1992 -- 1993 Zachary W. Carter : 1993 -- 1999 Loretta E. Lynch : 1999 -- 2001 Alan Vinegrad ( interim ) : 2001 -- 2002 Roslynn Renee Mauskopf : 2002 -- 2007 Benton J. Campbell ( interim ) : 2007 -- 2010 Loretta E. Lynch : April 22, 2010 -- 2015 Kelly Currie ( interim ) : 2015 Robert L. Capers : 2015 -- 2017 Bridget Rohde ( acting ) : 2017 - 2018 Richard Donoghue : 2018 current Notes Jump up ^ `` Chief Aide to Hickey Sworn as Successor ''. New York Times. December 28, 1937. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Jump up ^ `` O'Dwyer Elected Mayor in City Sweep ; Carries Ticket With Him ; Goldstein 2d ; Molotoff Rebukes U.S. on Atomic Policy -- Record Plurality -- Margin Totals 685,175 -- McGoldrick Out but Runs Ahead of Ticket -- Blow to Dewey Seen -- Beldock Defeated by Big Margin -- Lynch Loses to Hall in Richmond ''. New York Times. November 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 22 October 2016. Jump up ^ Weiser, Benjamin ( April 22, 2010 ). `` Appeals Court Judge and U.S. Attorney Are Confirmed ''. New York Times. p. A24. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Jump up ^ Albany Law School website. Accessed June 2, 2015. Jump up ^ Washington Post. `` Sessions names 17 interim U.S. attorneys, including in premier Manhattan office ''. Retrieved January 3, 2018. External links United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Official Website Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Attorney_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York&oldid=851638650 '' Categories : Prosecution United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 July 2018, at 16 : 41 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: united states attorney for the eastern district of new york
Answer: Richard Donoghue,