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Benjamin B. Wagner
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California
In office
November 6, 2009 – April 30, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLawrence G. Brown
Succeeded byPhillip Talbert (acting)
Personal details
Children3
ResidenceSacramento, California
Alma materDartmouth College
New York University School of Law
ProfessionAttorney

Benjamin B. Wagner is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California from 2009 to 2016. He was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama, replacing interim U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown. As one of 93 U.S. Attorneys nationwide, he represented the United States in all civil and criminal cases within his district.

Wagner attended Dartmouth College and New York University School of Law, graduating in 1982 and 1986, respectively. At NYU, he served as managing editor of the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics. He began his legal career as an associate at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel in New York City in 1987. In 1992, he left to join the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California. Over the course of his career as a federal prosecutor, he has served as Chief of the Special Prosecutions Unit, Hate Crimes Coordinator, and Anti-Terrorism Coordinator. From 2005 to 2006, he served as the Justice Department Resident Legal Adviser in Jakarta, Indonesia. He has conducted eighteen jury trials.

He has since worked for Gibson Dunn Law Offices and serves on the Board of Trustees of Menlo College.

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  2. U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner: Dispensary Profits Irked Us | Legalization Nation
  3. "Eastern District of California | Meet the U.S. Attorney". www.justice.gov. March 1, 2021.
  4. "USDOJ: Executive Office for United States Attorneys". Archived from the original on August 6, 2013.
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  6. "Benjamin Wagner". Gibson Dunn. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
Political offices
Preceded byLawrence G. Brown United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California
2009–2016 		Succeeded byPhillip Talbert
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