United States Attorney's Office - District of Rhode Island 50 Kennedy Plaza, 8th Floor Providence, RI 02903 Main Office Phone: (401) 709-5000 Fax: (401) 709-5001

TTY: (401) 751-4742

Public Information Officer, Jim Martin (401) 709-5357 usari.media@usdoj.gov

Victim Assistance Cooirdinator, Tara Moniz (401) 709-5023

tara.moniz@usdoj.gov

Witness Coordinator, Jan Schusswohl (401) 709-5028 Jan.Schusswohl@usdoj.gov

Directions

Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus

Appointed an Assistant United States Attorney in May 2007, Mr. Myrus has served as a prosecutor in the Criminal Division’s drug, gun and white collar crime units, and as a civil litigator in the office’s Civil Division. Mr. Myrus was named Civil Division Chief in February 2014. Mr. Myrus has served as First Assistant United States Attorney since January 2018.

Prior to his appointment as an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Myrus was a partner in two Boston law firms specializing in patent litigation and served as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A veteran, Mr. Myrus served in the United States Navy as a helicopter aircraft commander and flight instructor.

Mr. Myrus graduated from Columbia University in 1984 and received his M.A. in United States History from the University of California, San Diego in 1992. He earned his law degree from Fordham University Law School in 1995.