New U.S. attorney named for Nevada

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sue Fahami is now the acting U.S. attorney for the district of Nevada, the Department of Justice announced in a press released Tuesday afternoon. She is replacing former U.S. Attorney Jason Frierson, who announced he was stepping down in December and served his last day on Jan. 17.

Frierson was the first Black man to serve as Nevada’s U.S. attorney.

Before she joined the U.S. attorney’s office in 2001, Fahami served as the elected district attorney in White Pine County. She graduated from the University of San Diego’s law school in 1996.

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