Breon Stacey Peace (born 1971)[1] is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York from October 2021 to January 2025.
He was a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York City from 2007 to 2022, and previously worked as an associate at the firm from 1996 to 1997, 1998 to 1999, and 2003 to 2007.
[2] In March 2021, Senator Chuck Schumer recommended Peace to serve as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
[3] On August 10, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Peace as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
[8] As U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Peace successfully prosecuted social media influencer Douglass Mackey for conspiring to interfere in the 2016 elections by encouraging Twitter users who supported Hillary Clinton to vote via text message.