Justin Herdman is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 2017 to 2021.
[1] Previously, Herdman was a partner in the investigations and white collar defense practice group at Jones Day, a Judge Advocate General in the United States Air Force Reserve, and an adjunct law professor at Case Western Reserve University.
[2] In June 2017, Herdman was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
[3] The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Ohio prosecutes cases in 40 counties, including areas in and around Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, and Toledo.
[6] On May 18, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Herdman to be the next United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.