More Federal Prosecutors Step Down and Return to Private Practice

The march of federal prosecutors from the U.S. Justice Department continues.

The department announced Monday that Ronald Machen Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, is stepping down April 1. In the statement, the agency said that Machen, who served for more than five years, intended to return to private practice. He joined the U.S. Attorney’s office in 1997, when Eric Holder was the U.S. Attorney for Washington.

Holder said Machen “distinguished himself as a skilled leader, a devoted public servant and a forceful champion of justice on behalf of the American people.’' Holder cited Machen’s “unassailable integrity, ...