ATLANTA – U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine announced the appointment of eight new Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSA) who will immediately employ their talents to support the Northern District of Georgia’s (NDGA) mission to enforce the law and defend the interests of the citizens that we serve in this district.

“We are fortunate to have such talented and dedicated professionals join us to represent the United States,” said U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine. “We are committed to excellence in our service to this country as well as the citizens of the Northern District of Georgia and welcome these outstanding Assistant U.S. Attorneys to the office.”

The following AUSAs joined our office or have assumed new roles:

• Mary Jane Stewart, a career public servant, has returned to the United States Attorney’s Office as Senior Trial Counsel in the Criminal Division, after having served over four years as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee, and then as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the district. Hired as an AUSA in 1983 in Atlanta, she has handled hundreds of criminal cases and tried scores of jury trials. During her tenure, she also served as the Deputy Chief of the Drug Division, Senior Litigation Counsel, and the Criminal Division’s Training Coordinator. From 2002 until her departure in October 2017, she and former AUSA William R. Toliver trained over 100 newly hired AUSAs to be federal prosecutors. She holds three degrees from the University of Georgia: a BA...

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