Trump taps Ohio Township lawyer
As U.S. attorney, Scott Brady would replace Obama pick
President Donald Trump on Friday announced his nomination for U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Scott W. Brady, if confirmed by the Senate, would fill the void left after David Hickton resigned from the post in November.
Mr. Hickton, a Democrat, had been U.S. attorney since 2010, when he was nominated by former President Barack Obama. Mr. Hickton was the first U.S. attorney to resign after Mr. Trump was elected president. Top prosecutors don’t have to leave office when another political party takes over, but they usually step aside within a few months. Soo C. Song has been interim U.S. attorney since then.
“I’m honored and humbledto be nominated by the president,” Mr. Brady said in a brief telephone interview Friday night.
He declined to discuss the nomination process.
Mr. Brady, 48, of Ohio Township, is head of litigation for Federated Investors Inc., but his resume includes a stint in the office of the U.S. attorney here.
Mr. Brady was an assistant U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh from 2004-2010, prosecuting white collar crime, violent crime and drug trafficking offenses.
He was a clerk for Judge Thomas Hardiman in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the White House said.
Mr. Brady also served as an associate for Jones Day and Reed Smith LLP, where his practice focused on multi-district litigation, white collar criminal matters and internal investigations, according to the White House.
Mr. Brady is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh’s law school. He graduated from Harvard University and Penn State University’s law school.
Before law school, the White House said, Mr. Brady worked in emergency relief and development in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia.
No timetable was announced for his confimration.