{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gary M. Restaino | image = Gary M. Restaino, U.S. Attorney official portrait.jpg | office = United States Attorney for the District of Arizona | term_start = November 23, 2021 | term_end = February 17, 2025 | president = Joe Biden<br/>Donald Trump | predecessor = Michael G. Bailey | successor = Rachel C. Hernandez (acting) | office1 = United States Attorney General | status1 = Acting | president1 = Donald Trump | deputy1 = Emil Bove (acting) | term_end1 = January 20, 2025 | term1 = January 20, 2025 | predecessor1 = Lisa Monaco (acting) | successor1 = James McHenry (acting) | office2 = Director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | status2 = Acting | term_start2 = April 25, 2022 | term_end2 = July 13, 2022 | president2 = Joe Biden | predecessor2 = Marvin G. Richardson (acting) | successor2 = Steve Dettelbach | birth_name = Gary Michael Restaino | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}} | birth_place = Edison, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Haverford College (BA)<br>University of Virginia (JD) | caption = Official portrait, 2021 }}
'''Gary Michael Restaino''' (born 1968)<ref name="Questionnaire">{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Restaino%20(AZ)%20Senate%20Judiciary%20Comm%20Questionnaire%20(final%20public).pdf|title=Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref> is an American lawyer who served as United States attorney for the District of Arizona from 2021 to 2025 and as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from April 25 to July 13, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atf.gov/about-atf/executive-staff/acting-director |title=Acting Director - Gary M. Restaino |website=Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives |publisher=United States Department of Justice |access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref> Restaino also served as acting United States Attorney General in his capacity as United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, pursuant to Executive Order 14136 titled "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice" that was signed by President Joe Biden on January 3, 2025 and published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2025,<ref name=":29">{{cite web |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-00611 |title=Executive Order 14136 |website=Federal Register|date=January 13, 2025 }}</ref> for a few hours following the resignation of Merrick Garland as United States Attorney General at noon on January 20, 2025 and the subsequent resignation of Lisa Monaco as acting United States Attorney General a couple of hours after the resignation of Garland as United States Attorney General. President Donald Trump signed an executive order naming DOJ Chief Administrative Hearing Officer James McHenry as acting United States Attorney General later in the day on January 20, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/donald-trump-acting-attorney-general-00199415 |title=Trump taps longtime immigration official as acting attorney general |website=POLITICO |date=January 20, 2025 }}</ref>
== Education == Restaino earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 27, 2021|title=President Biden Announces Four New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/27/president-biden-announces-four-new-nominees-to-serve-as-u-s-attorneys/|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=The White House|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == From 1991 to 1993, Restaino served in Paraguay with the Peace Corps. From 1996 to 1999, he provided legal services to seasonal farm workers as a lawyer with Community Legal Services. From 1999 to 2003, he served as a civil rights lawyer in the Arizona Attorney General's Office. He then served as a trial attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 27, 2021|title=Biden appoints career prosecutor as US Attorney for Arizona|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-united-states-campaigns-phoenix-12ab9d48327eb676515611e6b4e37006|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}</ref> Restaino joined the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona in 2003. He was nominated to serve as United States attorney in October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Arizona's Family Digital News|title=President Biden announces US Attorney nominee for District of Arizona|url=https://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/arizona_politics/president-biden-nominates-gary-m-restaino-as-us-attorney-district-of-arizona/article_a3f484c2-374b-11ec-aaa1-db769fd8bfb1.html|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=AZFamily|language=en}}</ref> On November 19, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2021 |title=PN1302 - Nomination of Gary M. Restaino for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1302 |access-date=November 24, 2021 |website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> He was sworn into office on November 23, 2021, by Chief Judge G. Murray Snow.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Gary M. Restaino Takes Office as United States Attorney |date=November 23, 2021 |publisher=U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/gary-m-restaino-takes-office-united-states-attorney |access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref> He was dismissed from his role on February 17, 2025.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=United States Attorney Gary M. Restaino Completes His Service to the Department of Justice |date=February 18, 2025 |publisher=United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/united-states-attorney-gary-m-restaino-completes-his-service-department-justice |access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-gov}} {{s-bef|before=Marvin G. Richardson<br>{{Small|Acting}}}} {{s-ttl|title=Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives<br>{{Small|Acting}}|years=2022}} {{s-aft|after=Steve Dettelbach}} {{s-break}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=Lisa Monaco<br>{{small|Acting}}}} {{s-ttl|title=United States Attorney General<br>{{small|Acting}}|years=2025}} {{s-aft|after=James McHenry<br>{{small|Acting}}}} {{s-bef|before=Michael G. Bailey}} {{s-ttl|title=United States Attorney for the District of Arizona|years=2021–2025}} {{s-aft|after=Rachel C. Hernandez<br>{{Small|Acting}}}} {{s-end}}
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