Carter Stewart (Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease)

Carter M. Stewart this morning took the oath of office as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, The Dayton Daily News reported. He was sworn in by U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus Jr.

The Senate confirmed Stewart by unanimous consent on Sept. 15. He replaces Gregory Lockhart, who resigned last month.

Most recently, Stewart was an associate at the Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease law firm. Before joining the firm in 2005, Stewart joined the U.S. Attorney’s office in San Jose, where he prosecuted gangs and handled general crimes, including drug and gun possession, social security fraud, obstruction of justice, environmental crimes, and illegal immigration. While working in the office, Stewart helped investigate and prosecute Victor Conte and others at Balco Laboratories for peddling anabolic steroids.

He also has worked as an associate in Bingham McCutchen’s San Francisco office. In the early 1990s, Stewart was an analyst in the New York City Office of Management and Budget.

The Senate confirmed six U.S. Attorneys this afternoon by unanimous consent.

They are:

Steven Dettelbach (ohio.gov)

Carter Stewart (Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease)

-Steven Dettelbach (Northern District of Ohio): The partner at the Baker & Hostetler law firm was nominated July 14. Dettelbach will replace Gregory White, who resigned in 2008. Read more about Dettelbach here.

-Carter Stewart (Southern District of Ohio): The associate at the Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease law firm was nominated July 14. He will replace Gregory Lockhart, who resigned last month. Read more about the appointee here.

Peter Neronha (DOJ)

Daniel Bogden (Getty Images)

-Peter Neronha (Rhode Island): The Rhode Island Assistant U.S. Attorney was nominated July 31. Neronha will replace Robert Clark Corrente, who resigned June 26. Read more about the appointee here.

-Daniel Bogden (Nevada): The former Nevada U.S. Attorney, who was fired during the 2006 U.S. Attorney purge, was re-nominated July 31. Bogden will replace Gregory Brower, whose resignation is effective Oct. 10. Read more about Bogden here.

Neil MacBride (Business Software Alliance)

-Dennis Burke (Arizona): Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s senior adviser on border security and law enforcement was nominated July 14. Burke will replace Diane Humetewa, who resigned Aug. 2. Read more about the appointee here.

-Neil MacBride (Eastern District of Virginia): The Justice Department Associate Deputy Attorney General was nominated Aug. 6. MacBride will replace Chuck Rosenberg, who resigned in October 2008. Read more about MacBride here.

The Senate has now confirmed all 11 U.S. Attorneys that have been reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

On Thursday, the panel is slated to consider U.S. Attorney nominees Jenny Durkan for the Western District of Washington and Paul Fishman for New Jersey. After the committee votes on Durkan and Fishman, it will still have to consider five more U.S. Attorney nominees. The panel has not announced when it will vote on the five nominees.

Gregory Lockhart (DOJ)

Gregory Lockhart, who recently stepped down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, has joined Taft Stettinius & Hollister , reports the Dayton Business Journal. (Click here for our post on his resignation.)

Lockhart, who had been U.S. attorney in the Columbia-based office since 2001, will join the Dayton office as a partner in the Taft’s litigation practice, focusing on commercial litigation and white-collar crime.

“Greg Lockhart has been an outstanding public servant for many years and is known and respected throughout the region as a superior trial lawyer,”said Thomas Terp, managing partner of the Cincinnati-based firm, in a news release.

Lockhart (Wright State, OSU Law) was an assistant U.S. attorney for 14 years before his appointment as U.S. attorney. He has also taught courses at the University of Dayton College of Law and Wright State University.

President Barack Obama nominated Carter M. Stewart of Columbus-based Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease to replace Lockhart. The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed Stewart earlier this month.

Southern District of Ohio U.S. Attorney Gregory Lockhart will step down from his post at the end of the month, the Dayton Daily News reported this afternoon.

Gregory Lockhart (DOJ)

The Senate confirmed Lockhart as U.S. Attorney in 2001. He spent 14 years as an Assistant United States Attorney before he became the top federal prosecutor in the Southern District.

He also taught at University of Dayton’s College of Law and Wright State University’s Colleges of Political Science and Business while working at the U.S. Attorney’s office.

President Obama nominated Carter M. Stewart to be the next Southern District U.S. Attorney. The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed Stewart earlier this month.

President Obama sent the following U.S. Attorney nominations to the Senate today:

Dennis K. Burke, of Arizona, to be United States Attorney for the District of Arizona for the term of four years, vice Diane J. Humetewa.

Steven M. Dettelbach, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio for the term of four years, vice Gregory A. White, resigned.

Brendan V. Johnson, of South Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years, vice Martin J. Jackley.

Karen Louise Loeffler, of Alaska, to be United States Attorney for the District of Alaska for the term of four years, vice Timothy Mark Burgess, resigned.

Florence T. Nakakuni, of Hawaii, to be United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii for the term of four years, vice Edward Hachiro Kubo, Jr.

Carter M. Stewart, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio for the term of four years, vice Gregory Gordon Lockhart.

You can read our previous report on the six nominees here.

You can see how Obama’s performance in filling up the U.S. Attorney’s Offices stacks up against President Bush’s here.