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Tessa M. Gorman | |
|---|---|
| United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington | |
| Assumed office June 23, 2023 Acting: June 23, 2023 – January 16, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Nicholas W. Brown |
| Acting March 1, 2021 – October 8, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Brian T. Moran |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas W. Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 or 1971 (age 53–54)[1] Ukiah, California, U.S.[1] |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Tessa M. Gorman (born 1970/1971) is an American lawyer from Washington who is the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington. In January 2024, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Gorman to the position after she had served as Acting United States Attorney for six months.[2] In May 2024, the judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington appointed Gorman to continue as the United States Attorney for the district.[3]
Gorman previously served as Acting United States Attorney in 2021. She served as Criminal Chief for the office from 2013 to 2019, and in 2019, she was named First Assistant United States Attorney.[4] Gorman began her legal career in 1998 as an attorney in the Department of Justice's Honors Program.[5]
In 2018, with the support of Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, President Donald Trump announced that he planned to nominate Gorman to become a United States district judge of the same court, but the nomination was never submitted to the U.S. Senate due to the Washington senators' opposition to the White House's Ninth Circuit nominee.[6]
- ^ a b "White House Announces Nominees to U.S. District Court for Western District of Washington" (PDF) (Press release). United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "Western District of Washington | Tessa M. Gorman sworn in as U.S. Attorney, Western District of Washington | United States Department of Justice". 16 January 2024.
- ^ https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/sites/wawd/files/05092024GOAppointingTessaGorman.pdf
- ^ "Western District of Washington | Meet the U.S. Attorney". 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Western District of Washington | Meet the U.S. Attorney". 8 October 2021.
- ^ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-10-18%20CEG%20to%20Murray,%20Cantwell%20-%20Eric%20D.%20MIller%20Nomination.pdf