A funeral service on Sunday was held in St. Louis for Deputy U.S. Marshal John Perry, who died this week from wounds he obtained during a shootout with a man he tried to arrest.

Deputy U.S. Marshal Theodore Abegg and a task force officer from the St. Louis police department were wounded during the shooting. Boles, who was wanted on a state warrant for assaulting a police officer and possessing a controlled substance, was killed.

The U.S. Marshals Service promoted Perry, 48, to Protective Intelligence Investigator after his death. He had been a fugitive task force team leader and firearms instructor for the U.S. Marshals Service in the Eastern District of Missouri since coming to St. Louis in 2005.

Perry previously served at the D.C. Superior Court for the U.S. Marshals Service after graduating from the U.S. Marshals Academy in 2001. He also was a call-center volunteer for the television show America’s Most Wanted during his time in D.C.

He worked for the Madison County Probation Office in Edwardsville, Ill., for 16 years prior to joining the U.S. Marshals Service. Perry graduated from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville in 1984.

Perry is the son of a bankruptcy court judge and grandson of a U.S. District Court judge in Chicago.

Perry is the second Deputy U.S. Marshal this year to be killed in a shooting.

Deputy U.S. Marshal Derek Hotsinpiller was killed in Elkins, W.Va., on Feb. 16 when he attempted to serve a warrant on Charles E. Smith. Smith, who was wanted on drug charges, was also killed. Supervisory Agent Alex Neville and Deputy U.S. Marshal Fred Frederick were wounded in the shooting.

The Senate confirmed two former Justice Department prosecutors on Monday for federal judgeships.

Audrey G. Fleissig (Washington University)

Lucy Koh (Harvard University)

The Senate confirmed former Eastern District of Missouri U.S. Attorney Audrey G. Fleissig for a seat on the U.S. District Court by a 90-0 vote. The Senate also confirmed former Central District of California Assistant U.S. Attorney Lucy Koh for a judgeship in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California also by a 90-0 vote.

Fleissig led the St. Louis-based U.S. Attorney’s office from 2000 to 2001. She also spent about 10 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in St. Louis.

Koh was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Major Frauds Section at the Los Angeles-based U.S. Attorney’s office from 1997 to 2000. She also served as a special assistant to the Deputy Attorney General from 1996 to 1997, and as a special counsel at DOJ headquarters in D.C. from 1994 to 1996.

Richard Callahan (Gov)

Richard Callahan on Friday was sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, The St. Louis Business Journal reports. Callahan, who was nominated in September, was confirmed by the Senate Dec. 24.

He replaces Catherine Hanaway, who resigned in April 2009 to join the Ashcroft Group. Michael Reap had been the district’s acting U.S. Attorney.

Callahan has been a circuit judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit of Missouri, Division II since 2003. Prior to becoming a judge he worked in the Office of Prosecuting Attorney of Cole County, Mo., serving  first as an assistant prosecutor and then as a prosecuting attorney.

Two teenagers are suing a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who is currently serving a 65-year sentence for sex crimes involving the boys, The Associated Press reports. Eric Tolen was a prosecutor in the Eastern District of Missouri from 1987 until his termination in 1999.

His firing followed allegations of perjury in connection with his brother’s bank robbery trial, the unauthorized outside practice of law, making false statements to investigating officers and abusing his position and misusing government resources for personal gain. After his termination, Tolen, who claimed he was fired because of racial discrimination, brought claims against then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, then-FBI Special Agent Gary Fuhr and former Justice Department attorney Joseph Gontram.

Later, in 2008, Tolen was convicted of 36 counts of statutory sodomy for engaging in sex with teenage boys between 1995 and 2007, according to the AP. He was sentenced to two terms of 25 years for two counts of first degree statutory sodomy, five years for each of the 34 counts of second degree statutory sodomy and fined for witness tampering, the AP reports.

Two of the boys, who are now 18 years old, this week filed a lawsuit in  St. Louis County seeking $10 million in damages. In the suit the boys claim that Tolen intended to do them bodily harm, according to the AP story.

During the criminal trial, prosecutors said Tolen asked boys to help him around his home and then would ask them to perform sex acts with him in exchange for gifts, according to AP.

In a wrap-up session just before leaving town until next year,  the Senate today confirmed seven U.S. Attorneys by voice vote.

They are:

Richard Callahan (Gov)

– Richard Callahan (Eastern District of Missouri): The state circuit judge in Missouri succeeds Catherine L. Hanaway, who resigned earlier this year. He was nominated for the post in October. Read more about Callahan here.

– Sanford Coats (Western District of Oklahoma): Coats, who been an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the western Oklahoma office, succeeds John Richter, who stepped down in August. Coats was nominated on Sept. 30. Read more about Coats here.

– Michael Cotter (Montana): The Helena, Mont., lawyer replaces Bill Mercer, who is a holdover from the George W. Bush administration. Obama nominated Cotter for U.S. Attorney on Sept. 25, after the live-in girlfriend of Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) withdrew from consideration. As the state’s senior Democratic senator, Baucus had recommended three candidates to the White House. Read more about Cotter here.

– Christopher Crofts (Wyoming): The counsel to Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) replaces Bush holdover Kelly Rankin. He was nominated on Nov. 30. Read more about Crofts here.

Barbara L. McQuade (ICLE)

– Barbara McQuade (Eastern District of Michigan): The Eastern District of Michigan Assistant U.S. Attorney succeeds Stephen J. Murphy, who resigned in 2008. She was nominated on Nov. 30. Read more about her here.

James L. Santelle (Wisconsin Law Journal)

– James Santelle (Eastern District of Wisconsin): Santelle, who has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District office, succeeds Steven Biskupic, who stepped down as U.S. Attorney in January. Obama tapped Santelle for the post on Nov. 30. Read more about Santelle here.

– Mary Elizabeth Phillips (Western District of Missouri): Phillips, who was nominated Sept. 30, succeeds John Wood, who resigned in February. Read more about Phillips here.

The Senate has now confirmed 31 U.S. Attorneys. The Senate Judiciary Committee has yet to schedule votes votes for another 10 would-be U.S. Attorneys, including the nominees Obama tapped today and last Tuesday. One of Obama’s nominees, Stephanie Villafuerte of Colorado, withdrew from consideration two weeks ago.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted by unanimous consent Thursday to endorse the nomination of Richard Callahan to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Richard Callahan (Gov)

President Barack Obama tapped Callahan, a state circuit judge in Missouri, for the post in October. He would succeed former U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway, who resigned earlier this year. Read more about Callahan here.

The panel has endorsed 27 U.S. Attorney nominees and 24 of those have won Senate confirmation thus far. The committee has yet to schedule votes for another seven would-be U.S. Attorneys.

The committee’s agenda for Thursday also includes a bill that would establish the same sentencing guidelines for powder cocaine and crack offenses. The House Judiciary Committee approved its version of the legislation in July.

In addition, the panel is scheduled to resume consideration of legislation that would make it harder for courts to order reporters to divulge their sources. The media shield bill has been on the committee’s agenda since April.

Andrew Ramonas contributed to this report.

Richard Callahan (Gov)

Richard G. Callahan (Georgetown University, Georgetown University Law School) is nominated to replace Catherine L. Hanaway, who resigned earlier this year as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.

His vitals:

• Born in St. Louis, Mo., 1947.
• Has been a circuit judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit of Missouri, Division II since 2003.
• Worked in the Office of Prosecuting Attorney of Cole County, Mo. Was an assistant prosecutor from 1979 to 1986 and a prosecuting attorney from 1987 to 2002.
• Was an attorney in Robert L. Hawkins Law Offices in Jefferson City, Mo., from 1988 to 1991.
• Worked as a partner at Rost & Callahan Law Firm in Jefferson City, Mo. from 1979 to 1987.
• Was a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri Attorney General’s office from 1985 to 1986.
• Served as general counsel for the Missouri General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules from 1983 to 1986.
• Worked as an assistant circuit attorney in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office from 1972 to 1978
• Was a tax law specialist at the Internal Revenue Service from 1969 to 1972
• Worked as an advertising examiner at the Federal Trade Commission from 1968 to 1969.
• Was in the Army Reserves from 1969 to 1975. Was honorably discharged in 1975. Had the rank of Specialist E-4.
• Tried more than 165 jury cases in criminal court. Was the sole or chief counsel on all but two or three of those cases.Tried 16 jury cases in civil court. Was the sole or chief counsel on all of the cases.

Click here for his full questionnaire.

UPDATE: According to his Office of Government Ethics financial disclosure, Callahan earns a salary of $127,582 as a judge. Of interesting note, last year he earned $7,600  from “40 Racing Pigeons.” He also does not report any liabilities. However on his Senate Judiciary financial disclosure Callahan reports assets valued at $238,300 and liabilities of $120,500 for a net worth of $117,800.

President Obama nominated U.S. Attorneys for Missouri, Montana and Iowa today.

They are:

Richard Callahan (Gov)

-Richard G. Callahan (Eastern District of Missouri): The Cole County, Mo., Circuit Court judge would replace Michael Reap, who has been acting U.S. Attorney since Catherine Hanaway resigned in April to join former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s law firm.

-Michael W. Cotter (Montana): The Helena, Mont. lawyer would succeed controversial Bush holdover Bill Mercer, who has been U.S. Attorney since 2001. Mercer was criticized for being the Justice Department’s Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General and Associate Attorney General in Washington, D.C., for almost two years, while simultaneously serving as Montana U.S. Attorney. He has also come under fire for his role in the politicized firings of U.S. Attorneys in 2006.

Nick Klinefeldt (Ahlers & Cooney)

-Nick Klinefeldt (Southern District of Iowa): The Des Moines, Iowa lawyer would replace Matthew G. Whitaker, who has served as U.S. Attorney since 2004. We reported earlier this month that the lawyer has been able to rise above the past of his father, Michael Arthur Klinefeldt, who is serving a 10-year sentence on a methamphetamine conviction.

Stephanie Rose

-Stephanie Rose (Northern District of Iowa): The Northern District of Iowa Assistant U.S. Attorney would succeed Matt Dummermuth, a Bush U.S. Attorney who never won Senate confirmation. Immigration lawyers and immigrant rights advocates have questioned Rose’s role in a controversial round-up of 300 undocumented immigrants working at a meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa last year. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said in May that Rose didn’t take part in the decision to prosecute the immigrant workers.

Read more about the nominees here.

Obama has now made a total of 27 U.S. Attorney nominations. The full Senate has considered 11 of those nominees and they were all confirmed by unanimous consent.