Steve Dettelbach

Steve Dettelbach
8th Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Assumed office
July 13, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byGary M. Restaino (Acting)
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
September 15, 2009 – February 5, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byWilliam Edwards
Succeeded byCarole Rendon
Personal details
Born
Steven Michael Dettelbach

(1965-11-29) November 29, 1965 (age 58)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Steven Michael Dettelbach (born November 29, 1965) is an American lawyer who has served as the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since 2022. He was the United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio for over six years during the presidency of Barack Obama, resigning in 2016. From 2016 to 2022, he was a partner at BakerHostetler, serving as co-leader of the firm's national White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations team.[1] In July 2022, he was appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate as the director of the ATF.[2]

  1. ^ "U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach Rejoins BakerHostetler as Co-Leader of White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Team". BakerLaw.com. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NPR2022-07-12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).