LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – United States Attorney Jason Frierson has announced his resignation.
Frierson is the first African American to hold the position in the District of Nevada.
Nevada Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson opens the legislative session in Carson City, Nev., Feb. 6, 2017. Frierson is being nominated to be the U.S. attorney in that state. Frierson has served in the state Assembly since 2010 and also works as an assistant public defender in Clark County, Nevada, the county home to Las Vegas. Frierson was elected to his current Assembly run in 2016 after previously serving from 2011 to 2014. He has been the speaker of the lower chamber since 2016. (AP Photo/Lance Iversen, File)(Lance Iversen | AP)
According to officials, he led a team of more than 100 prosecutors with offices in Las Vegas and Reno.
He has served in the position since May 2022 after being nominated by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, 2021.
