United States Attorneys
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United States Attorneys are the lawyers who are appointed by the President to represent the federal government i.e. they prosecute and defend cases for the federal government in the each judicial district court of United States. Their duty is to serve as the State’s principal litigator under the direction of the Attorney General. They need to conduct the immense majority of litigations in which the United States is a party. Their service term is of four years and appointments subject to confirmation by the senate.
Each US Attorney is the chief federal law enforcement officer of US within his or her particular jurisdiction or in other words, they are the chief federal prosecutors for each judicial district. There are 93 US Attorneys posted through out the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Marian Islands. Only one US Attorney is designated to each of the judicial district but the Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands have a single US Attorney who takes care of legal proceedings in both the districts.
US Attorney has the right to employ a staff of Assistant US Attorney who appears as a government’s attorneys in individual cases. Their offices are the part of Department of Justice and hence backed by the Executive office for US Attorneys of Justice Department. Their statutory responsibilities are under the Title 28, Section 547 of the United States Code.
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