Aaron Reitz
US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.
Sworn in on 9 July 2026, Reitz heads federal prosecution in the Southern District of Texas after earlier work in legal policy and state government.
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Aaron Reitz is an American lawyer whose government career spans federal legal policy, congressional staff work and Texas litigation. He became US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas on 9 July 2026. Before that appointment, he led the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy, advising the Attorney General on policy and coordinating work on federal judicial nominations. He also served as Senator Ted Cruz's chief of staff.
In Texas, Reitz worked as Deputy Attorney General for Legal Strategy under Ken Paxton. His legal training includes a degree from the University of Texas School of Law and a clerkship on the Texas Supreme Court. Before law school, he served as a Marine Corps officer and deployed to Afghanistan.
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