Dena Janae King (born 1981)[1] is an American lawyer and who has served as the United States attorney for the Western District of North Carolina since 2021.

[2] King received her Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from the North Carolina State University in 2003 and her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 2006.

From 2009 to 2014, she served as an enforcement attorney in the Securities Division at the North Carolina Department of State.

[3] On September 28, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated King to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

[5] On November 19, 2021, her nomination confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.