President Biden announces three new candidates for US prosecutors across the country, as well as a new candidate for US Marshal. These are officers who will be essential to upholding the rule of law as chief federal law enforcement officials.
These individuals were selected for their commitment to law enforcement, professionalism, experience and credentials, commitment to equal justice for all, and commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice.
The President has proposed a budget that would significantly increase funding for law enforcement as part of a comprehensive approach to combat the rising crime rates this administration inherited over the last year.
The President has also made extensive efforts to deal with the rise in gun crime since 2020 – by unloading more police officers, supporting community prevention programs and cracking down on the illegal arms trade. It is important to these efforts to confirm U.S. Attorneys as the chief federal law enforcement officers in their districts.
The President has now announced 56 nominees as US Attorneys and 12 nominees as US Marshals.
Casey T. Arrowood is the Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, where he has been serving since 2018. Previously, Mr. Arrowood served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina from 2017 to 2018 and as a Trial Counsel in the Counterintelligence and Export Control Division of the National Security Division of the United States Department of Justice from 2010 to 2017. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Arrowood was an associate with the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C. Mr. Arrowood worked for Judge Thomas C. Platt, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 2007 to 2008 and for Judge Eugene E. Siler, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit of 2008 through 2009. Mr. Arrowood received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999. Mr. Arrowood is a US Army veteran.
Henry C. Leventis is a partner in the law firm of Spencer Fane LLP. From 2015 to 2020, Mr. Leventis served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee. From 2010 to 2015, Mr. Leventis served as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice’s Division of Civil Rights. From 2003 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2010, Mr. Leventis served as an Assistant Solicitor in the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Charleston, South Carolina. From 2005 to 2007 he was an associate at Motley Rice, LLC. Mr. Leventis received his J.D. of Washington & Lee University School of Law in 2003 and his B.A. from the College of Charleston in 1997.
Kevin G. Ritz has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee since 2005. Mr. Ritz served as clerk for Judge Julia Gibbons of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Ritz received his J.D. from the University of Virginia, his M.S. from Georgetown University in 1999 and his B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1997.
William Ryan Hart has been Chief of Police for the Londonderry, New Hampshire Police Department since 2009. He was previously a Captain in Londonderry Police Department from 2000 to 2009. Previously, Mr. Hart served as a prosecutor in Rockingham County, New Hampshire from 1995 to 1999. He also served as a prosecutor for several New Hampshire cities from 1992 to 2002. Mr. Hart received his B.A. from Merrimack College in 1981 and his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1986. Mr. Hart is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
