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Rebecca C. Lutzko
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
Interim/Court appointment
Assumed office
June 9, 2023
Preceded byMichelle M. Baeppler (acting)
Personal details
Born
Rebecca Chattin Lutzko[1]
EducationBoston University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

Rebecca Chattin Lutzko is an American lawyer who has served as the interim United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio since June 2023. In June 2023, she was nominated to serve as the permanent U.S. attorney for the same district.

Education

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Lutzko received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Boston University in 1993 and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1997.[2][3]

Career

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After graduating law school, Lutzko served as a law clerk for Judge Alice M. Batchelder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1997 to 1998. From 1998 to 2005, she was an associate at BakerHostetler in Cleveland. Since 2005, she has served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio.[2] While in that role, from 2010 to 2011, she served as the deputy chief of the Major Fraud and Corruption Unit and since 2017, she has served as the chief of the Appeals Unit.[2]

United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio

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In early 2023, Lutzko was mentioned as a frontrunner to be U.S. attorney.[4] On June 7, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lutzko to serve as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.[2] On June 8, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] On September 14, 2023, her nomination was reported out of the committee by a voice vote, with Senators Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and Marsha Blackburn voting no on record.[6][7] Her nomination received the support of Senator Sherrod Brown.[8] She was appointed by the judges of the district court to serve as interim U.S. attorney and was sworn in on June 9, 2023 by Judge Patricia Anne Gaughan at the federal courthouse in Cleveland.[9]

On January 3, 2024, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[10] She was renominated on January 11.[11] On March 7, 2024, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by a 14–7 vote.[12] Her nomination is pending before the United States Senate.

References

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  1. ^ "Re: Case No. 16-3855, USA v. Le'Ardrus Burris" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. February 3, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "President Biden Names Thirty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees and One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Attorney" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Rebecca C. Lutzko Profile | Cleveland, OH Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Ferrise, Adam (January 1, 2023). "Federal prosecutor's office in Cleveland without a confirmed leader for longest stretch in some 70 years". cleveland. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 14, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ADVANCES NOMINATION OF REBECCA LUTZKO TO BE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO" (Press release). Washington, D.C. September 14, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  8. ^ "Brown Applauds Nomination of Rebecca Lutzko to be U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Ohio" (Press release). June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "Northern District of Ohio | Rebecca C. Lutzko Sworn in as interim United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ^ "PN772 — Rebecca C. Lutzko — Department of Justice". congress.gov. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  11. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). January 11, 2024.
  12. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 7, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
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