Mary Lou Leary
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Mary Lou Leary joined the Office of the Assistant Attorney General at the Office of Justice Programs in May 2009 when she was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General. She was named Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in September 2009. Prior to that, she served as Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, a private nonprofit in Washington, DC, for four years.

From 1999 to 2001, Ms. Leary’s service at the U.S. Department of Justice included acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, Deputy Associate Attorney General for the Office of the Associate Attorney General, and acting Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

Ms. Leary has also served as United States Attorney, Principal Assistant and then Senior Counsel to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Chief, Superior Court Division. Her career included extensive trial and grand jury experience as Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia and Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.