Benjamin L. Wallace has been appointed as the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, according to an announcement from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The appointment was made under 28 U.S.C. § 546(d).
Wallace is originally from Delaware and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Yale Law School. His legal career includes clerkships with Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Anthony Kennedy, Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Raymond Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
He also worked as an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he provided advice on constitutional and statutory matters to both the President and executive agencies. Before returning to Delaware, Wallace was a partner at a national law firm in Washington, D.C.
Since joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2023, Wallace has prosecuted a range of federal cases including gang-related homicides and financial frauds. In July 2025, he became First Assistant U.S. Attorney, overseeing all criminal prosecutions and civil suits involving the United States in Delaware.
In his statement following his appointment, Wallace said: “I am honored to serve my home state as the U.S. Attorney. I will work tirelessly to ensure that justice is administered effectively and evenhandedly here in Delaware. I want to thank the President, the Attorney General, and the Judges of our District Court for the confidence they have placed in me. I also want to thank my predecessor, Julianne Murray, for her partnership and her steadfast service to the state. I pledge to do my utmost to uphold the proud traditions of our exemplary U.S. Attorney’s Office.”
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