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CONTACT: Barbara Burns
TELEPHONE: (716) 843-5817
FAX No .: (716) 551-3051
BUFFALO, NY – Trini E. Ross was sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York on Monday, October 11, 2021. Ms. Ross was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on July 26, 2021 and unanimously approved by the Senate on September 30, 2021 for the Western District of New York. President Biden signed Ms. Ross’s commission on October 5, 2021. Senior District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford took the oath of office on US Attorney Ross on Monday.
“It is an honor to serve as the US attorney for the Western District of New York,” said US Attorney Ross. “I look forward to working with the dedicated staff in our office and our law enforcement partners at the federal, state and local levels as we all work together to uphold the Justice Department’s mission. I am also looking forward to working with our community partners to make the neighborhoods in our entire district safe for all residents. ”
As a US attorney, Ms. Ross is responsible for overseeing the prosecution of every federal criminal case in the 17 boroughs of Western New York. The Office also represents the United States in all civil matters brought into that territory.
Ms. Ross was most recently Director of Investigations, Legal Division, in the Office of Inspector General of the National Science Foundation since 2018. Ms. Ross has also been Associate Professor at the State University of New York, Buffalo, School of Law since 2006. From 1995 to 2018, Ms. Ross was Assistant US Attorney for the Western District of New York, where she served as Senior Litigation from 2012 to 2017 Counsel and Head of Anti-Fraud and Corruption. Ms. Ross also served as Assistant Counsel in the Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department of Justice from 2007 to 2009. She previously served as a civil litigation associate at Hiscock & Barclay, LLC for the New York State Supreme Court from 1992 to 1994.
Ms. Ross, a native of Buffalo, NY, received her JD cum laude from the State University of New York at the Buffalo School of Law in 1992, her MA from Rutgers University in 1990, and her BA from State University of New York, in Fredonia, 1988.
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