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Michael R. Sherwin
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Education
Legal career
U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
Michael Flynn case
Other cases
Personal
References
External links

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Michael R. Sherwin
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American lawyer
Michael Sherwin


Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
In office
May 2020 – March 3, 2021
Preceded by
Timothy Shea (acting)
Succeeded by
Channing D. Phillips (acting)

Personal details
Born
Michael Rafi Sherwin
( 1971-12-08)
December 8, 1971 (age 49)
Ohio, U.S.
Education
Ohio State University ( BA)
University of Notre Dame ( JD)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Navy
Years of service
1999–2004
Battles/wars
Operation Southern Watch
Operation Northern Watch
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Awards
Joint Service Commendation Medal with Oak leaf cluster
Michael Rafi Sherwin (born December 8, 1971) is an attorney who served as the interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 2020 to 2021. He was appointed by Attorney General William Barr in the Donald Trump administration. Contents
1 Education
2 Legal career
3 U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
3.1 Michael Flynn case
3.2 Other cases
4 Personal
5 References
6 External links
Education
Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Sherwin earned his B.A. in political science and liberal arts at the Ohio State University in 1994 and his J.D. at the University of Notre Dame in 1998. Legal career
Sherwin served as a naval intelligence officer from 1999 to 2004, participating in Operation Southern Watch, Operation Northern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. He specializes in national security cases and has been a national security adviser to the deputy attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen. In September 2019, Sherwin won the conviction of a Chinese woman, Yujing Zhang, who trespassed at President Donald Trump ’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida. Sherwin investigated a deadly December 2019 shooting at a naval air station in Pensacola, Florida. During the investigation he met and impressed Attorney General William Barr, officials told The Washington Post. U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
Attorney General William Barr asked Sherwin to become the deputy of Timothy Shea at the District of Columbia office in October 2019, and Sherwin soon joined Barr's effort to drop charges against former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn.