US Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Michael J. Heyman as the US Attorney for the District of Alaska. Bondi made the appointment Feb. 28, and he was sworn in on Monday by US District Judge Timothy M. Burgess. He will serve on an interim basis for 120 days or until a presidential nominee is confirmed by the Senate.
He replaces S. Lane Tucker, who was released when President Donald Trump came into office. She had served as the attorney for the District of Alaska since 2022.
Heyman brings 24 years of legal experience to the role. He joined the Justice Department as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California in 2012, where he specialized in prosecuting international narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, firearms offenses, money laundering, immigration violations, and public corruption.
His international experience includes serving as a Resident Legal Advisor at the U.S. Embassies in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he worked on strengthening the rule of law and combatting transnational crime.
In 2020, Heyman transitioned to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alaska, focusing on complex financial crimes. His work in this area earned him the US Department of Justice Director’s Award in 2023 for outstanding prosecutorial achievements.
Before joining the Justice Department, Heyman was a partner at the international law firm K&L Gates LLP, specializing in commercial litigation and insolvency law. He also previously served as a law clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. In addition to his legal practice, Heyman has been an active speaker at numerous professional events and has published multiple articles on civil and criminal law topics.
Heyman earned his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 2001 and holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science, with honors, and International Studies from the University of California, Irvine, graduating in 1998.
“I am thrilled and humbled to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Alaska. It is the honor of a lifetime to act as the chief federal law enforcement officer in the district alongside our exceptional local, state, and federal law enforcement partners,” said Heyman. “There is a tremendous amount of work to be done. I look forward to implementing the new administration’s priorities and protecting our communities and the rule of law.”
We still have a few federal judicial appointments that need filling.
Congratulations!
Having dealt with him in his official capacity, not impressed with Heyman. Seems to talk a big game, doesn’t deliver, and stick his finger in the air to see which way the wind blows
Glad your here Mike. We need you here.
Mr. Heyman has a very impressive resume. He will do a good job. He will leave the Catholics and school board protesting parents alone.
I am sure Mr. Heyman is a good attorney and AG Bondi means well, but are there no qualified attorneys that are Alaskan residents? We really don’t need even a little mor of the California mentality.
I like you Pam, But this guy better not bring more California crap to Alaska
First order of business is to reign in both the Anchorage Assembly and Anchorage School board for ignoring the law regarding DEI support.
Soft on crime in order to pad resume’ w/ greater number of cases closed as a win.
Recall the largest financial crime in Alaska’s recent history; the Tycoon Trading debacle for which Garrett Elder is now in Club Fed. Balance that against legacy Alaska financial crime.
Every Alaskan knows the story of Soapy Smith who was shot dead in the street by City officials for having stolen the inflation adjusted equivalent of @ $100k.
Garrett Elder stole $30mm from roughly 130 Alaskan families. The case was tried before now disgraced Federal Judge Josh Kindred who stated outright and on the record during the trial that he was a bit lost and had no experience where significant financial crime was concerned.
For having stolen @ $30mm Heyman proposed a six year prison sentence for affinity scam crook Garrett Elder. Proposing the trade off of one year of Garrett Elder’s life for each $5mm block of cash he stole from hard working Alaskans is reprehensible and the functional equivalent of announcing to future criminals that the Alaska justice system is compromised and soft on financial crime.
Even disgraced former Federal Judge Josh Kindred asked how Heyman justified the 6 year sentence and adjusted it upward by 2.5 years.
This and similar examples teach the most reprehensible element among us that there’s no reason to fear Federal retribution in the Last Frontier. In the Garrett Elder financial crime case Heyman’s handling of Alaskans in their hour of need was a sad mixture of political theater and shame. Unless he’s grown a pair of nuts in the last couple years you can expect more Alaskans to be compromised with minimal consequence.
Public corruption is a specialty, you say? Three words. Alaska Grand Jury.
So this long time swamp creature is now running the swamp?
What ever happened to draining the swamp, Pam?
His first job could be to investigate the fraud, money laundering, and misappropriation of federal CARES act money by the Anchorage Assembly.
And might we guess Mr. Heyman will be looking into the propriety or lack thereof of swampy Dan Sullivan’s chairmanship of the “International Republican Institute” which took in something like $131 million in taxpayers’ money through USAID, what became of that pile of taxpayers’ money, and whether Danny recused himself when votes for USAID appropriations came up like an ethical Senator would have done, Pam?
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Thanks, girlfriend.
Does he follow the usual mantra for US Attorneys? ” get a plea, golf by three”
Hahaha… ugh.
Ouch.
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