BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN) - President Joe Biden has nominated Trini E. Ross to serve as the new United States Attorney for the Western District of New York.
According to the White House press release, Ross has served as the Director of Investigations, Legal Division, with the National Science Foundation's Office of Inspector General since 2018. She was previously an Assistant United States Attorney from 1995 to 2018, where she served as the Senior Litigation Counsel and Chief of the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Section.
Ross is also an adjunct professor at the University at Buffalo's School of Law since 2006.
Ross, if confirmed, will replace James P. Kennedy as the US Attorney in Buffalo. A message to the US Attorney's Office was not immediately returned.
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"These individuals—many of whom are historic firsts—were chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their experience and credentials in this field, their dedication to pursuing equal justice for all, and their commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice," the White House said in a statement.
The Justice Department disclosed in February that it was seeking the resignation of most U.S. attorneys appointed during President Donald Trump's administration, though it did leave in place David Weiss, the top federal prosecutor in Delaware, where law enforcement officials have been conducting a criminal tax investigation involving Biden's son, Hunter.
U.S. attorneys serve at the president's pleasure and are routinely nominated with a recommendation from a home-state senator. Ross was recommended for the job by the state's senior senator, Charles Schumer.
