Meet the U.S. Attorney

U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow

W. Stephen Muldrow was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico on October 4, 2019, following his confirmation by the United States Senate on September 26, 2019.

Mr. Muldrow previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Puerto Rico U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1995 to 2001, serving as Lead Organized Crime Drug Task Force (OCDETF) Attorney and Coordinator for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force.

From 2001 to 2019, Mr. Muldrow served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Florida, including serving as the Acting United States Attorney (March 2017 to January 2018), as well as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney, Senior Litigation Counsel in both the Civil and Criminal Divisions, Chief of the Major Crimes Section, and as an OCDETF prosecutor.

From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Muldrow worked as a Trial Attorney and Senior Trial Attorney in the Tax Division, Civil Trial Section, Northern Region in Washington, DC, having joined the Department of Justice through the Honors Program in 1989. From 1988 to 1989, he worked as a law clerk for the United States Marshals Service, Office of General Counsel.

Mr. Muldrow earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, at The American University, Washington College of Law, and a Master of Arts in Law & International Affairs from The American University, School of International Service.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with a minor in Spanish from Bucknell University.