1. Rachael Splaine Rollins was born on March 3,1971 and is an American lawyer and politician who served as the US attorney for District of Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023.
17 Facts About Rachael Rollins
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In July 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Rollins to be the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
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Rachael Rollins resigned in May 2023 after an investigation revealed multiple ethics violations, including that she had leaked government secrets to influence the election of a political ally.
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Rachael Rollins was born in Boston and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the oldest of five children.
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Rachael Rollins's maternal grandparents are from Barbados and her mother is a first-generation American.
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Rachael Rollins began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Frederick Brown of the Massachusetts Appeals Court from 1997 to 1998.
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From 1999 to 2002, she was a field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board and from 2002 to 2006, Rachael Rollins was an attorney at Bingham McCutchen LLP in their Boston office.
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Rachael Rollins was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2011.
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Rachael Rollins served as the general counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation from 2011 to 2013 and contemporaneously to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from 2012 to 2013.
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Rachael Rollins was chief legal counsel to the Massachusetts Port Authority from 2013 to 2015.
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Rachael Rollins endorsed New York City councilwoman Tiffany Caban in the Democratic primary for Queens County District Attorney.
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Rachael Rollins faced further criticism when her office successfully secured an increase in the bail of a person experiencing homelessness who was charged with armed robbery when learning he would be bailed out by the fund.
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In July 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Rachael Rollins to be the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
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Republican US Senator Tom Cotton said he would try to prevent Rachael Rollins from being confirmed, saying she supported policies that have contributed to an increase in violent crime.
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In September 2021, a committee vote to advance Rachael Rollins' nomination was delayed after Cotton wanted more time to convince colleagues to oppose her.
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Rachael Rollins resigned on May 19,2023, preventing the federal government from disciplining her.
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In February 2024, Rachael Rollins was suspended from practicing law in Massachusetts for nonpayment of registration fees.