An assistant prosecuting attorney in the Jefferson County Prosecutor's office has been nominated to serve as the U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of West Virginia, according to a news release from Sen. Shelly Moore Capito's office.
President Donald Trump nominated William J. Powell for the position last week, and consideration of Powell for the position will go to members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Powell previously worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1990 to 1992, according to his job history on LinkedIn. He earned his undergraduate degree from Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before attending the West Virginia University College of Law, from which he earned a law degree in 1985.
From 1985 until 2017 Powell worked at Jackson Kelly PLLC, working in the Charleston office before moving to the firm's Martinsburg location. He left his job at the law firm in April to become an assistant prosecutor in Jefferson County in May.