Timothy VerHey is appointed to serve as U.S. Attorney

Timothy VerHey has been appointed to serve as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan.  

On July 21, U.S.  Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed VerHey to serve as Interim United States Attorney.  

He was formally sworn in by Chief United States District Court Judge Hala Y. Jarbou.

As U.S. Attorney, VerHey will serve as the chief federal law enforcement officer representing the United States in all federal and civil litigation in the Western District of Michigan.  

The district encompasses 1.6 million people and covers the western half of the lower peninsula and all the upper peninsula of the State.  He leads a staff of approximately 70 prosecutors, civil litigators and support staff.

VerHey has been a federal prosecutor in Grand Rapids for nearly 35 years, where he has prosecuted all manner of crimes ranging from international fraud, domestic terrorism, capital murder, drug offenses, child sex offenses and violent crime.  

After graduating with honors from the University of Notre Dame Law School, he clerked for the Honorable Harry W. Wellford, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  

After two years as an attorney at the Grand Rapids law firm Warner, Norcross & Judd, VerHey joined the U.S.  Attorney’s Office in 1990. 

 The Justice Department has recognized him more than once for superior performance as a prosecutor, and he is frequently asked to train the nation’s federal prosecutors in trial skills.

VerHey said, “I am honored that Attorney General Bondi has asked me to serve as the U.S. Attorney for this district. The people of West Michigan expect that I and the members of this office will apply federal law in a fair and effective manner, and that is exactly what we will do.”

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