Seth D. DuCharme is an American attorney who served as the acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. DuCharme was appointed by Attorney General William Barr and sworn in on July 10, 2020, succeeding Richard Donoghue, who left his role to serve as principal associate deputy attorney general to

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Early life and education

DuCharme is a native of

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. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamilton College and a

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from the Fordham University School of Law.

Career

After graduating from law school, DuCharme worked as a law clerk for

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of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. DuCharme joined the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York after working as an attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He also served at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. as principal associate deputy attorney general to

and counselor to William Barr. In 2018, DuCharme was named criminal chief of the Eastern District Court of New York, where he managed national security and cybercrime prosecution. DuCharme was selected to serve as acting United States Attorney in July 2020, and was officially sworn in on July 10. On March 8, 2021, DuCharme announced his resignation as U.S. Attorney, effective March 19, 2021, and sent letters to President Biden and acting United States attorney general Monty Wilkinson to inform them. Following DuCharme's departure, Mark Lesko became acting U.S. Attorney. In May 2021, DuCharme joined the law firm

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Personal life

DuCharme is married to Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme, a trademark attorney at Pryor Cashman LLP.

References

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