HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden has nominated associate state Attorney General Vanessa Avery to be Connecticut’s next U.S. attorney, the state’s top federal law enforcement officer.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Avery, an associate state attorney general, will be the first African American woman to serve as U.S. attorney in Connecticut.
Avery would replace former U.S. Attorney John Durham, who left office following Biden’s election, and Leonard Boyle, who has held the office since on an interim basis.
