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W.Va. Federal Prosecutor Organizes Staff

The new U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia has announced the leadership team of federal prosecutors and civil litigators, saying they bring more than a century of combined experience there.

Bill Powell, nominated by President Donald Trump, has a staff of 21 attorneys, 24 support staff and offices in Wheeling, Martinsburg, Clarksburg and Elkins.

They are responsible for prosecuting federal crimes including terrorism, public corruption, child exploitation, illegal guns and narcotics. The office also defends the federal government in civil suits.

Powell’s appointments include Randolph Bernard first assistant, Helen Campbell Altmeyer civil division chief and Paul Camilletti criminal division chief.

Bernard, a former FBI agent who joined the office in 2002, has been its criminal division chief.

Top Federal Prosecutor Tapped for Northern West Virginia

A county prosecutor in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle has been selected to become the top federal prosecutor in the northern half of the state.

President Trump nominated Bill Powell to be U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia.

Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she recommended Powell.

He is currently an assistant prosecutor in Jefferson County and worked in private practice in Martinsburg after a stint as an assistant federal prosecutor.

He lost a race for a state judgeship last year.

If confirmed, Powell would take over from Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Jividen.

U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld, who President Barack Obama appointed six years earlier, resigned at the end of last year to return to private practice.

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