Trump announces his choice for western NC’s top prosecutor based in Charlotte
President Donald Trump has nominated Russ Ferguson to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Charlotte and western North Carolina for the next four years.
“It is the honor of a lifetime,” Ferguson said in a statement to The Charlotte Observer.
The veteran prosecutor, who grew up in Charlotte, said he is “looking forward to the opportunity to continue to serve” in the position he’s held since March, when Attorney General Pam Bondi nominated him.
Under federal law, Bondi’s appointments last for only four months. When his time ran out, judges in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina issued an order to keep him on.
On July 30, Trump’s Department of Justice nominated Ferguson. Next, the Senate Judiciary Committee will have a hearing on Ferguson’s nomination. A date has not been announced.
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina represents the federal government in the area that stretches from Charlotte to Asheville to the Tennessee and Virginia borders, touching 32 counties and the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Ferguson, 41, was a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson, a Charlotte-based international law firm, before becoming Charlotte’s top federal prosecutor. He started his 16-year legal career as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia. There, he tried 28 cases to a verdict, according to a news release from his office.
This story was originally published August 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM with the headline "Trump announces his choice for western NC’s top prosecutor based in Charlotte."
