Robert Higdon Jr.
Robert J. Higdon Jr. | |
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| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina | |
| Assumed office October 10, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Thomas Walker |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Wake Forest University, (BA, JD) |
Robert J. Higdon Jr. is an American attorney who is currently serving as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Prior to assuming his current role, he was a partner at the law firm of Williams Mullen. Higdon was previously an Assistant United States Attorney in both the Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina. In the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office, he served as Chief of the Criminal Division for more than 11 years, supervising and prosecuting criminal cases involving drug trafficking, terrorism, violent crime, white collar crime, and public corruption. Higdon also served as senior trial counsel in the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice.[1] In 2012, he led the federal prosecution in a campaign finance fraud case involving Democrat John Edwards.[2]
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- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Third Wave of United States Attorney Candidate Nominations". The White House. July 14, 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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