Jessica D. Aber

Jessica D. Aber
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 12, 2021
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byG. Zachary Terwilliger
Raj Parekh (acting)
Personal details
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Richmond (BA)
William & Mary Law School (JD)

Jessica Diane Aber (born 1981)[1] is an American lawyer who is the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Education

Aber received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of Richmond in 2003 and her Juris Doctor from William & Mary Law School in 2006.[2]

Career

Aber began her legal career as a law clerk for then-Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2006 to 2007. From 2007 to 2008, she was an associate at McGuireWoods. From 2009 to 2021, she was an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. From 2015 to 2016, she served on a detail assignment as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. Since 2016, she has been the deputy chief of the criminal division for the office.[2]

U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia

In March 2021, Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner recommended Aber and one other candidate to the White House.[3][4] On August 10, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Aber to be the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.[5] On September 30, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[6] On October 5, 2021, her nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.[7] She received her commission on October 7, 2021, and was sworn in on October 12, 2021, by Chief Judge Mark Steven Davis and Judge M. Hannah Lauck.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "President Biden Announces Eight New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Warner & Kaine Announce Recommendations for U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia". Mark R. Warner. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. ^ "There's a new U.S. Attorney coming to Richmond. What does that mean?". 8News. March 9, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Latest Slate of U.S. Attorney Nominations" (Press release). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 30, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "PN1043 - Nomination of Jessica D. Aber for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  8. ^ "Jessica D. Aber Sworn in as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia" (Press release). Alexandria, Virginia: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. October 12, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
Legal offices
Preceded by
G. Zachary Terwilliger
Raj Parekh
Acting
 United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
2021–present 		Incumbent