Dennis Pfannenschmidt
Dennis Pfannenschmidt, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, isn’t looking for a permanent appointment, he told The Cumberland Sentinel this week.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Pfannenschmidt earlier this month after the resignation of Martin C. Carlson, a Bush administration appointee who’d run the office since May 2001. Carlson left to become a U.S. magistrate judge in Harrisburg, Pa.
Pfannenschmidt was an Assistant U.S. Attorney from October 1988 to August. He also served as chief of the office’s civil division from 2002 through 2009. Before joining the office, Pfannenschmidt was a senior deputy attorney general for the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General in the criminal law division. He also worked as an assistant district attorney in Centre County, Pa. The Pittsburgh native attended Dickinson School of Law, the newspaper said.
There’s no word yet on who President Obama intends to nominate as head of the Scranton-based district.
