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MINNEAPOLIS – Charles J. Kovats has been named Acting US Attorney for the Minnesota District following the retirement of former Acting US Attorney W. Anders Folk. Mr Kovats had previously been the head of the office’s crime department since 2018.
Acting U.S. Attorney Kovats has served Minnesota District citizens as a prosecutor since 2010 when he joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office as head of the National Security Division. In 2012, Mr. Kovats was selected by former Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta to serve on the Defense Legal Policy Board in Washington, DC, charged with reviewing the use of military justice in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Prior to moving to the Minnesota District, Mr. Kovats served as the US Assistant Attorney in the Central District of California from 2005 to 2010.
A veteran, Mr. Kovats served in the Corps of the General Judge Advocate General in the United States Army for seven years. Mr. Kovats received his BA from Santa Clara University in 1992 and his law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1996.
Former US Attorney General W. Anders Folk resigned to accept a position in the Washington, DC, Assistant Attorney General’s office
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/charles-j-kovats-named-acting-united-states-attorney-district-minnesota
