Vanessa R. Avery

Vanessa R. Avery
Vanessa R. Avery
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
	Designate
	Assuming office; TBD
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Succeeding	John Durham
Personal details
Education	Yale University (BA); Georgetown University (JD)

Vanessa R. Avery is an American lawyer who is the designate to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Education

Avery received her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1996 and her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1999.[1]

Legal career

From 1999 to 2003, Avery was an attorney in the Hartford Trial Group at Cummings & Lockwood LLC. From 2004 to 2005, she served as a trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice in the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil Division. From 2006 to 2014, she was a litigation attorney at McCarter & English. From 2014 to 2019, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut. Since 2019, she has served as an associate attorney general in the Connecticut Attorney General's Office and as chief of the division of enforcement and public protection since 2021.[1]

Nomination as U.S. Attorney

On January 26, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Avery to be the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. If confirmed, she would be the first African-American female to serve as U.S. Attorney.[2] Her nomination earned the praise of Connecticut Attorney General William Tong.[3] On January 31, 2022, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate.[4] On April 4, 2022, her nomination was favorably reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. On April 27, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.[5] She is awaiting her swearing-in.

References

"President Biden Announces Six New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 26, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Dixon, Ken (January 26, 2022). "New Haven native could become first Black female US attorney for CT". The Middletown Press. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
"Biden nominates Associate Attorney General Vanessa Avery to be Connecticut U.S. Attorney". courant.com. January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
"Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 31, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"PN1701 - Nomination of Vanessa Roberts Avery for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.

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[January26-1] "President Biden Announces Six New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 26, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] Dixon, Ken (January 26, 2022). "New Haven native could become first Black female US attorney for CT". The Middletown Press. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[3] "Biden nominates Associate Attorney General Vanessa Avery to be Connecticut U.S. Attorney". courant.com. January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[4] "Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 31, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[5] "PN1701 - Nomination of Vanessa Roberts Avery for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.