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Michael J. Heyman

Michael J. Heyman is an American lawyer who serves as the United States Attorney for the District of Alaska. He was appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi on February 28, 2025, and sworn in on March 3, 2025, to a 120-day interim term pending presidential nomination and Senate confirmation. After the interim period expired, his authority was extended by order of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

Career
Heyman joined the United States Department of Justice in 2012 as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of California. According to subsequent reporting, he later served as a resident legal advisor at United States embassies in Nepal and Sri Lanka, working on rule-of-law and transnational crime issues, and he previously practiced in the private sector as a partner at the international law firm K&L Gates, where his work focused on commercial litigation and insolvency. Heyman joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska in 2020, with reporting describing him as a veteran financial-crimes prosecutor who had already worked for several years on complex financial investigations in the office. == United States Attorney for the District of Alaska ==
United States Attorney for the District of Alaska
Appointment On February 28, 2025, Bondi appointed Heyman interim United States Attorney for the District of Alaska. The same Real News Now profile on Heyman’s appointment noted that he had also overseen the prosecution of Eagle River nurse practitioner Jessica Spayd, who received a lengthy federal sentence after being convicted of unlawfully prescribing opioids that contributed to multiple patient deaths. As U.S. Attorney, Heyman announced the Alaska component of the operation and described it as part of a broader effort to address violent crime and drug trafficking in the state. Cybercrime Heyman’s office has also been involved in cybercrime prosecutions brought jointly with other districts. In August 2025, technology outlet The Register reported that federal authorities dismantled “RapperBot,” described as one of the world’s largest distributed-denial-of-service-for-hire botnets, and identified the District of Alaska among the U.S. Attorneys’ offices participating in the prosecution. Outreach and public-safety work in rural Alaska Heyman has appeared at public events focused on public safety in rural and Alaska Native communities. In May 2025, Western Alaska radio station KNOM reported that he spoke at a march in Nome highlighting the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, emphasizing the need for federal, state, and local entities to work together “to see that justice is served.” == References ==
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