{"id":61953,"date":"2025-02-18T17:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=61953"},"modified":"2025-02-18T17:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:19:45","slug":"wny-violanti-now-acting-us-attorney-for-the-western-district-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/wny-violanti-now-acting-us-attorney-for-the-western-district-of-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"WNY\/Violanti now Acting US. Attorney for the Western District of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Joel L. Violanti became Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of New York on
February 18, 2025. In this role, Mr. Violanti serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer for
WDNY, leading an office of approximately 120 federal prosecutors and staff, located in Buffalo and
Rochester.
Mr. Violanti joined the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in February 1995, as an Assistant United States
Attorney in the General Crimes Division, prosecuting a multitude of federal crimes involving wire
fraud, immigration, mail fraud, bank fraud, international smuggling, and telemarketing offenses.
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In June 2000, Mr. Violanti became the Project Exile Coordinator, a national initiative involving the
prosecution of federal firearm offenses. Under this program, Mr. Violanti coordinated the adoption
of state firearm arrests for federal prosecution. He was also responsible for coordinating and
attending community outreach programs for Project Exile.
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In July 2005, Mr. Violanti joined the Narcotics and Violent Crimes Division, prosecuting federal
narcotics offenses involving multiple-kilogram drug conspiracies, and gang related RICO
enterprises.
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In January 2018, Mr. Violanti was named Senior Litigation Counsel. In that role, he was responsible
for assisting Assistant United States Attorneys with their preparation and presentation of cases, as
well as coordinating and conducting office-wide training.
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In August 2023, Mr. Violanti was named Deputy Chief of the Narcotics and Organized Crime Section,
which involved the supervision of approximately 12 Criminal Assistant United States Attorneys who
investigate and prosecute cases involving narcotic distribution, gang-related RICO enterprises, sex
trafficking, and firearm related cases.
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In January 2025, Mr. Violanti was named the First Assistant United States Attorney.
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Highlights of Mr. Violanti\u2019s career include serving as co-counsel on the U.S. v. Richard Wilbern and
U.S. v. Ronald Epps cases. Richard Wilbern was convicted by a federal jury of the August 12, 2003,
armed robbery of the Xerox Federal Credit Union in Rochester, which resulted in the death of
Raymond Batzel, and was sentenced to serve life in prison. Ronald Epps was convicted following a
federal jury trial of murdering his fianc\u00e9e, Angela Moss, on August 27, 2009, in order to collect on
the victim\u2019s life insurance policy, which listed Epps as the sole beneficiary. He was sentenced to
serve 60 years in prison.
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Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Mr. Violanti was an Assistant District Attorney in the Erie
County District Attorney\u2019s Office from 1990-1995.
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Mr. Violanti graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in May 1986, with a Bachelor
of Arts in Political Science August. He received his Juris Doctor in May 1989, from Thomas M.
Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.
Dates of Service
1995\u2013Present<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press release\/provided photo Joel L. Violanti became Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of New York onFebruary 18, 2025. In this role, Mr. Violanti serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer forWDNY, leading an office of approximately 120 federal prosecutors and staff, located in Buffalo andRochester.Mr. Violanti \u2026<\/p>\n

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