U.S. attorney for RI announces his resignation

PROVIDENCE – United States Attorney for Rhode Island Aaron L. Weisman on Thursday evening submitted a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden. Weisman’s resignation is effective February 28.

United States Attorney Weisman commented, “Serving as United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island has been the greatest honor of my career. I am indebted to the hard working, dedicated, and conscientious professionals with whom I have had the privilege to work alongside at the United States Attorney’s Office, and who, day in and day out, carry out the office’s critical justice mission – ensuring the just prosecution of federal-law violations, and that justice be achieved in the civil lawsuits brought by and against the federal government. I have no doubt that the office, working together with its outstanding federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, will continue its exemplary service to all Rhode Islanders.”

First Assistant United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus will become acting United States attorney for Rhode Island, the chief federal law enforcement officer for the District of Rhode Island.

Appointed an Assistant United States Attorney in May 2007, Myrus has served as a prosecutor in the Criminal Division’s drug, gun and white collar crime units, and as a civil litigator in the office’s Civil Division. Myrus was named Civil Division chief in February 2014. Myrus has served as first assistant United States Attorney since January 2018.

Prior to his appointment as an assistant United States attorney, Myrus was a partner in two Boston law firms specializing in patent litigation and served as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A veteran, Myrus served in the United States Navy as a helicopter aircraft commander and flight instructor.

Myrus graduated from Columbia University in 1984 and received his M.A. in United States History from the University of California, San Diego in 1992. He earned his law degree from Fordham University Law School in 1995.