Special Attorney to the Attorney General of and the First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington

Pete Serrano has been appointed as Special Attorney to the Attorney General and the First Assistant for the Eastern District of Washington.  Mr. Serrano was appointed to the position by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Prior to his appointment by Attorney General Bondi to Interim United States Attorney and his subsequent appointment to the First Assistant and Special Attorney to the Attorney General of the United States, Mr. Serrano was Mayor of the City of Pasco, Washington.

In 2021, Mr. Serrano co-founded the Silent Majority Foundation, a nonprofit organization to fight for civil liberties. Mr. Serrano was Director and the General Counsel for the Foundation.

From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Serrano worked as an attorney for the Department of Energy focusing on environmental law. From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Serrano worked at Energy Northwest including working on permitting small modular nuclear reactors.