U.S. Attorney announces office changes

ATLANTA – U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. “BJay” Pak, has announced leadership changes designed to address Department of Justice priorities, critical issues in the district, and the vision for the priorities of this Office, to enhance the mission of the office, and better serve the citizens of this district. 

“As the U.S. Attorney I am grateful for the opportunity to lead an office with so many talented and dedicated professionals,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak.  “It is my sincere belief that these changes will energize the office and help us focus on the matters that are the most impactful to the citizens of our district.” 

These changes became effective on January 16, 2018. The Assistant U.S. Attorney (“AUSA”) and administrative leadership announcements are as follows:

• First Assistant U.S. Attorney Kurt Erskine will continue to serve in his current position. 
• AUSA Gentry Shelnutt will become the Deputy U.S. Attorney.   
• AUSA Yonette Buchanan is the new Criminal Division Chief.  AUSAs Glenn Baker and Jill Steinberg are the new Deputy Criminal Division Chiefs.
• AUSA Lori Beranek is the new Chief of our Civil Division. Additionally, AUSAs Neeli Ben-David and Darcy Coty will serve as Deputy Civil Division Chiefs.
• AUSA Larry Sommerfeld is our new Appeals & Legal Advice Division Chief.
• Greg Marshall will continue to serve in his current position as our Administrative Officer.
• AUSA Richard Moultrie is the new Chief of the Violent Crime & National Security Section (VCNS). AUSAs Katherine Hoffer and Ryan Buchannan will serve as Deputy Chiefs of the VCNS Section.
• AUSA Kim Dammers is the new Chief of our new Organized Crime & Gang Section, and AUSA Mike Herskowitz will serve as the Deputy Chief.
• AUSA Beth Hathaway will continue to serve as Chief of the Transnational Organized Crime Section. AUSAs Lisa Tarvin and Brock Brockington will continue their service as Deputy Chiefs of this section.
• AUSA Doug Gilfillan has been selected to serve as the Chief of the Cyber & Intellectual Property Section. AUSAs Nathan Kitchens and Kamal Ghali will serve as the Deputy Chiefs of C&IPS.
• AUSA Steve McClain has been selected as the new Chief of the Complex Frauds Section. AUSAs Jeffrey Brown and Chris Huber will serve as the Deputy Chiefs of the section.
• AUSA Jeffrey Davis is the new Chief of the Public Integrity and Special Matters Section. AUSA Brent Gray will serve as the Deputy Chief of this section.
• AUSA William Toliver is the Chief the new General Crimes Section.
• AUSA Dahil Goss will continue to as the Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (AFML).  AUSA Michael Brown will serve as the Deputy Chief.
• AUSA Tommy Krepp is the new Chief of our Data Analytics Unit in the Criminal Division.
• AUSA Randy Chartash is the new lead criminal division attorney for our Health Care Fraud Unit. 
• AUSA Lena Amati is the new lead civil division attorney for our Health Care Fraud Unit.   
• AUSA Tom Devlin will continue in his role as Senior Trial Counsel.      
• AUSA Charysse Alexander is also transitioning to a Senior Litigation Counsel.
• AUSA Bill McKinnon, a Senior Litigation Counsel who serves as our Gainesville Division Coordinator, will continue in his leadership role in Gainesville.
• In addition to her role as a Deputy Chief of the VCNS section, AUSA Katherine Hoffer will be the new Rome Division Coordinator.
• AUSA Angela Munson will serve as our Newnan Division Coordinator.

For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov or (404) 581-6016.  The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.