The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan announced today that Timothy VerHey has been appointed to serve as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan. On July 21, 2025, United States Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed VerHey to serve as Interim United States Attorney. He was formally sworn in by Chief United States District Court Judge Hala Y. Jarbou.
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Timothy VerHey.
According to the announcement, as U.S. Attorney, VerHey will serve as the chief federal law enforcement officer representing the United States in all federal and civil litigation in the Western District of Michigan. The district encompasses 1.6 million people and covers the western half of the lower peninsula and all the upper peninsula of the State. He leads a staff of approximately 70 prosecutors, civil litigators and support staff.
“I am honored that Attorney General Bondi has asked me to serve as the U.S. Attorney for this district. The people of West Michigan expect that I and the members of this office will apply federal law in a fair and effective manner, and that is exactly what we will do,” said VerHey.
The Justice Department’s statement notes VerHey has been a federal prosecutor in Grand Rapids for nearly 35 years, where he has prosecuted all manner of crimes ranging from international fraud, domestic terrorism, capital murder, drug offenses, child sex offenses and violent crime. After graduating with honors from the University of Notre Dame Law School, he clerked for the Honorable Harry W. Wellford, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. After two years as an attorney at the Grand Rapids law firm Warner, Norcross & Judd, VerHey joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 1990.
VerHey replaces Alexis M. Sanford who has served as the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan since mid-June.
