Sharon's Andrew Lelling Confirmed As Mass. U.S. Attorney

SHARON, MA – The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Sharon resident Andrew Lelling as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, the USAO said. Lelling, a 16-year veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice, served first in the Civil Rights Division and then as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Massachusetts. He was nominated by President Trump to the head of the Massachusetts district in September.

"I am honored to be confirmed as the United States Attorney and I look forward to serving the residents of Massachusetts," Lelling said in a statement. "As a federal prosecutor I have had the privilege of working with some of the best federal and state law enforcement officers in the country. As U.S. Attorney, I will continue to collaborate with these distinguished public servants to fulfill the mission of the Department of Justice."

Lelling's background includes the prosecution of complex frauds, international drug trafficking and immigration offenses, according to the USAO. He recently led the successful prosecution of a pyramid scheme by TelexFree, Inc., which involved nearly two million victims worldwide who lost over $3 billion. The case was one of the largest pyramid schemes prosecuted by the Justice Department.

He has also taken on major drug trafficking organizations like the Hells Angels, domestic branches of Mexican drug cartels and global traffickers based in Eastern Europe. As the Senior Litigation Counsel for the office, he developed enforcement policy and trained prosecutors and law enforcement officers.

Prior to serving as a federal prosecutor, Lelling was a Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, where his cases included voting rights enforcement and civil rights-related criminal prosecution. He was a law clerk in Georgia and worked in private practice before joining the Justice Department in 2001.

Lelling will take over for acting U.S. Attorney William Weinreb, a finalist for the position who has served in the interim following Carmen Ortiz's resignation in January.

Lelling lives in Sharon with his wife and two children. He is a member of the Federalist Society and a former member of the Boston Bar Journal's Board of Editors.

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