Robert N. Tracci

Robert Neira Tracci is the First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Mr. Tracci previously served as the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia from August 20, 2025 through March 17, 2026.  As First Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Tracci leads an office of nearly 30 federal prosecutors and support staff.

Prior to joining the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Tracci served as Senior Assistant Attorney General and Section Chief for Major Crimes and Emerging Threats at the Virginia Office of Attorney General. In this role, he led the prosecution component of Ceasefire Virginia, a multi-jurisdictional effort to combat violent crime, illegal firearms, and narcotics offenses in state and federal courts.

From 2020-2022, Mr. Tracci served as Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney and Special Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for Louisa and Greene counties, where he prosecuted violent crime, including first-degree murder, crimes against children, and other offenses in general district, juvenile and domestic relations, and circuit courts.  From 2016-2019, Mr. Tracci was the elected Commonwealth’s Attorney for Albemarle County. As Commonwealth’s Attorney, Mr. Tracci prosecuted transnational criminal organizations, commercial sex trafficking, first-degree murder, and other crimes of violence.   

Mr. Tracci brings considerable federal prosecution and agency experience to this position. From 2007-2012, he served as Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia (Charlottesville Division), where he prosecuted firearms, narcotics, and other federal offenses. He co-chaired federal jury trials, including a murder-for-hire and witness tampering case. Prior to serving as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Tracci was Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented the interests of the Department of Justice in national security, antiterrorism, criminal, cyber security, antitrust, and intellectual property matters before Congress and sister agencies.

Prior to his service at the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Tracci was Antitrust Counsel, and Chief Legislative Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Tracci received support for this position from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. Mr. Tracci is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University.