1. Erek Lawrence Barron was born on 1974 and is an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2021 to 2025.
14 Facts About Erek Barron
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Erek Barron is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 24th district.
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Erek Barron later earned a Master of Laws, with a focus on International Law and National Security Law, from Georgetown University Law Center.
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Erek Barron is a former prosecutor and has worked as an assistant state's attorney for Prince George's County and Baltimore City, a trial attorney in United States Department of Justice, and counsel and policy advisor to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Senator Joe Biden.
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Erek Barron first won election to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014.
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Erek Barron was sworn into office on January 14,2015.
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Erek Barron later recused himself from the McGrath case after becoming US attorney, citing his role in the investigation.
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On July 26,2021, Erek Barron was nominated to be the United States attorney for the District of Maryland.
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Erek Barron oversaw efforts to diversify the US attorney's office, which had been predominately White and faced accusations of failing to reflect the demographics of Maryland.
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Erek Barron inherited cases against Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, former Hogan chief of staff Roy McGrath, and Baltimore attorney Stephen Snyder, and sought to prosecute Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins on illegal firearms charges.
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Erek Barron was involved with legal efforts following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
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In January 2025, Bloomberg Law interviewed 25 current and former employees in the Maryland US attorney's office found a pattern of management challenges under Erek Barron's leadership, including low employee morale, communication failures, historic lows in new criminal cases brought, and complaints about office leadership from judges and officials at the highest level of the Justice Department.
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Erek Barron introduced legislation to prohibit public and private colleges and universities from including questions about criminal history on their applications.
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Erek Barron introduced a bill to require county jails to provide addiction screening, counseling, and treatment with the use of methadone, Suboxone, and Vivitrol.