President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped Nassau County Decide Joseph Nocella Jr. as his choose to steer the U.S. legal professional’s workplace for the Japanese District of New York.
Nocella will exchange Breon Peace, who introduced final month he’ll step down from the job as high federal prosecutor overlaying Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Lengthy Island on Jan. 10 — simply days earlier than Trump’s inauguration. President Biden appointed Peace for the spot in 2021.
“Judge Nocella has a strong record of bringing Law and Order to the incredible people of New York, serving as a Nassau County District Court Judge, and Family Court Judge,” Trump wrote in a Reality Social put up Monday night time, saying the choose.
He started his authorized profession in non-public observe working in litigation in each New York and Los Angeles. From 1991 to 1995, he served as an assistant U.S. legal professional within the Japanese District’s prison division.
His most up-to-date put up was as a Nassau County District Court docket choose in November 2022.
Initially Printed: January 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM EST
