Steven H. Cook, chief of the Criminal Division in the Eastern District of Tennessee, has been elected president of the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
Cook has been a prosecutor in the Eastern District of Tennessee for 28 years. Over the years, he has worked in the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force, the General Crimes Section handling white collar crime, fraud and public corruption cases and as chief of the Narcotics and Violent Crime Section.
“NAAUSA’s first priority is eliminating the large pay gap between new and mid-career AUSAs and their DOJ trial attorney counterparts, improving security for AUSAs and their families and assuring AUSAs have the necessary tools to perform their responsibilities,” he said in a statement.
Others newly elected to the Executive Committee include:
- Vice President of Policy: John Nordin, Central District of California
- Vice President for Operations and and Membership: Larry Leiser, Eastern District of Virginia
- Secretary: Kathleen Bickers, District of Oregon
- Treasurer: Steve Wasserman, District of Columbia
- At-Large: Greg Bowman, Eastern District of Tennessee
- At Large: Karen Escobar, Eastern District of California
- At-Large: Craig Haller, Western District of Pennsylvania
