
VMI alum Erik S. Siebert was sworn in on Tuesday as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, where he will oversee a staff of approximately 300 prosecutors, civil litigators, and support personnel across four divisions in Alexandria, Richmond, Norfolk and Newport News.
Siebert, a 2001 alum of VMI and a 2009 graduate of the University of Richmond Law School, began his service to the Eastern District of Virginia office in 2010 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, handling a variety of cases related to violent crime, international and domestic drug trafficking, illegal possession and trafficking of firearms, fraud, child sexual exploitation, illegal immigration, and public corruption offenses.
Siebert also served as the Lead Task Force Attorney for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force for EDVA. From 2019 to 2024, he served as the Deputy Criminal Supervisor for the Richmond Division of EDVA.
Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Siebert served as a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., from 2002 to 2006. He served as a law clerk for Judge Henry E. Hudson on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2009 to 2010.