Thomas Kirsch
Thomas Lee Kirsch II is an American attorney who currently serves as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Prior to assuming his current role, he was a partner at Winston & Strawn, where his practice focused on complex litigation and corporate investigations. Kirsch received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science in 1996 from Indiana University and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from Harvard Law School. After graduating law school he then clerked for John Daniel Tinder of the Southern District of Indiana. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana and as counsel to the Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy. He has prosecuted offenses including mail and wire fraud, honest services fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy, extortion, money laundering, racketeering, obstruction of justice, perjury, and gangs and narcotics.
Kirsch was sworn in as a U.S. Attorney on October 10, 2017. He succeeded former U.S. Attorney David A. Capp. Upon departing office, Capp described Kirsch as having "good judgment" and said that he would bring "a well-rounded background to the job." Several days after being sworn into office, Kirsch announced the arrest of a man accused of sending a bomb that exploded in an East Chicago post office.
