United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey

The acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey is the chief federal law enforcement officer in New Jersey.

On January 9, 2025, Vikas Khanna assumed the role as acting U.S. attorney.

The office is organized into divisions handling civil, criminal, and appellate matters, in addition to the Special Prosecutions Division, which oversees political corruption investigations.

[1] The District of New Jersey is also divided into three vicinages: Newark, Trenton and Camden, with the southern two offices supervised by a Deputy U.S. Attorney.

[2] It is the fifth-largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the nation, behind those in the District of Columbia, Los Angeles, Manhattan, and Miami.