Gary M. Restaino
Gary Restaino | |
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United States Attorney for the District of Arizona | |
Assumed office November 23, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Michael G. Bailey |
Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives | |
Acting | |
In office April 25, 2022 – July 13, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Marvin Richardson (acting) |
Succeeded by | Steve Dettelbach |
Personal details | |
Born | Gary Michael Restaino 1968 (age 55–56) Edison, New Jersey, U.S. |
Education | Haverford College (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Gary Michael Restaino (born 1968)
Education
Restaino earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996.[3]
Career
From 1991 to 1993, Restaino served in Paraguay with the Peace Corps. From 1996 to 1999, he provided legal services to seasonal farm workers as a lawyer with Community Legal Services. From 1999 to 2003, he served as a civil rights lawyer in the Arizona Attorney General's Office. He then served as a trial attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice.[4] Restaino joined the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona in 2003. He was nominated to serve as United States attorney in October 2021.[5] On November 19, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.[6] He was sworn into office on November 23, 2021, by Chief Judge G. Murray Snow.[7]
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ "Acting Director - Gary M. Restaino". Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. United States Department of Justice. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Four New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Biden appoints career prosecutor as US Attorney for Arizona". AP NEWS. October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ Staff, Arizona's Family Digital News. "President Biden announces US Attorney nominee for District of Arizona". AZFamily. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ "PN1302 - Nomination of Gary M. Restaino for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ "Gary M. Restaino Takes Office as United States Attorney" (Press release). Phoenix, Arizona: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.