Thomas C. Albus

Thomas C. Albus was sworn in as interim United States Attorney for the eastern District of Missouri on August 1, 2025. He has also been nominated for the position by President Donald J. Trump.

From 2002-2019, Mr. Albus prosecuted white collar, tax, public corruption and other cases for the U.S. Attorney's Office. In 2019, he joined the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, becoming First Assistant to then-Attorney General Eric Schmitt. In 2020, Mr. Albus was sworn in as a St. Louis County Circuit Judge, having been appointed by Missouri Gov. Michael Parson.

Mr. Albus is a native of St. Louis County, Missouri. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1994 and the University of Missouri School of Law in 1997. He then clerked for the late Lawrence G. Crahan on the Missouri Court of Appeals and for Judge John C. Holstein on the Missouri Supreme Court. Following that, he worked in the litigation department of what is now Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in St. Louis.