Trina A. Higgins

Trina A. Higgins
United States Attorney for the District of Utah
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 4, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJohn W. Huber
Personal details
EducationWeber State University (BA)
University of Utah (JD)

Trina A. Higgins is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the District of Utah since 2022.

Education

Higgins earned a Bachelor of Arts from Weber State University in 1992 and a Juris Doctor from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 1995.[1]

Career

From 1995 to 2002, Higgins served as deputy district attorney in the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office. She has served as an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Utah from 2002 to 2022. Throughout her career, she has held various positions within the office including as tribal liaison from 2005 to 2015, chief of the violent crime section from 2008 to 2015, senior litigation counsel from 2015 to 2017, and special counsel to litigative programs from 2017 to 2021.[1]

U.S. attorney for the District of Utah

On January 26, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Higgins to be the United States attorney for the District of Utah.[2] On January 31, 2022, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate.[3] On March 10, 2022, her nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. On April 27, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.[4] She was sworn in on May 4, 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "President Biden Announces Six New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 26, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Detrick, Chris (January 26, 2022). "Utahn Trina Higgins nominated by President Biden to be the next U.S. Attorney for Utah". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 31, 2022.
  4. ^ "PN1702 - Nomination of Trina A. Higgins for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. March 10, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "Trina A. Higgins Sworn in as United States Attorney for the District of Utah" (Press release). U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.


Legal offices
Preceded by United States Attorney for the District of Utah
2022–present 		Incumbent