Joshua Hurwit

Joshua Hurwit
Joshua Hurwit
United States Attorney for the District of Idaho
	Nominee
	Assuming office; TBD
President	Joe Biden
Succeeding	Bart Davis
Personal details
Born	Joshua David Hurwit
Education	Stanford University (BA); Harvard University (JD)

Joshua David Hurwit is an American lawyer who is the nominee to serve as United States attorney for the District of Idaho.

Education

Hurwit earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2006.[1]

Career

In 2006 and 2007, Hurwit worked as an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. In 2007 and 2008, he served as a law clerk for Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald. From 2008 to 2011, he was an associate at Kirkland & Ellis. He also worked as an associate at Covington & Burling. Since September 2012, he has served as an assistant United States attorney for the District of Idaho.[2][3] During his tenure, Hurwit has prosecuted members of the Aryan Knights, a white supremacist gang active in Idaho.[4] He has also served as the District of Idaho's coronavirus fraud coordinator.[5]

On April 22, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hurwit to serve as the United States attorney for the District of Idaho.[1] On April 25, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[6] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References

"President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
Dutton, Audrey. "President Biden nominates Joshua Hurwit as Idaho's top federal prosecutor". Idaho Capital Sun. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
CNN, Kaitlan Collins and Veronica Stracqualursi. "Biden announces five new nominees for US attorneys". CNN. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
Katz, Michael. "10 members of Aryan Knights prison gang indicted on racketeering charges". Twin Falls Times-News. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
"Idaho residents encouraged to report suspected COVID-19 fraud schemes". KIVI. March 23, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
"Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[April22-1] "President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[2] Dutton, Audrey. "President Biden nominates Joshua Hurwit as Idaho's top federal prosecutor". Idaho Capital Sun. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[3] CNN, Kaitlan Collins and Veronica Stracqualursi. "Biden announces five new nominees for US attorneys". CNN. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[4] Katz, Michael. "10 members of Aryan Knights prison gang indicted on racketeering charges". Twin Falls Times-News. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[5] "Idaho residents encouraged to report suspected COVID-19 fraud schemes". KIVI. March 23, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[6] "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.