Nikolas P. Kerest
{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1972)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Nikolas P. Kerest
|image = Nikolas Kerest, U.S. Attorney.jpg
|office = United States Attorney for the District of Vermont
|president = Joe Biden
|term_start = December 10, 2021
|term_end =
|predecessor = Christina E. Nolan
Jonathan Ophardt (acting)
|successor =
|birth_name = Nikolas Peter Kerest
|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1972}}
|birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
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|education = Williams College (BA)
Cornell University (JD)
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Nikolas Peter Kerest (born 1972){{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/VT%20Kerest%20Senate%20Judiciary%20Comm%20Questionnaire%20(public).pdf|title=Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=November 25, 2021}} is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the District of Vermont since 2021.
Education
Nikolas Kerest attended the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, and graduated in 1990.{{Cite web|date=2021-12-09|title=In the news: Nikolas "Kolo" Kerest '90|url=https://www.hackleyschool.org/news-detail?pk=1453800&nc=13963&fromId=259170|access-date=2022-02-01|website=Hackley School|language=en}} Kerest received a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 2000.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Announces Nine New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys |date=September 28, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/28/president-biden-announces-nine-new-nominees-to-serve-as-u-s-attorneys/ |access-date=September 28, 2021}} {{PD-notice}}
Career
Kerest served as a law clerk for Judge Fred I. Parker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2000 to 2001. He was in private practice at Ropes & Gray in Boston from 2001 to 2004 and at Pierce Atwood LLP in Portland, Maine from 2004 to 2010. From 2019 to 2021, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the criminal division of the United States Attorney's office for the District of Vermont. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Assistant United States Attorney in the civil division of the U.S Attorney's office and as civil chief from 2014 to 2019. While serving as civil chief, he also served as the civil rights coordinator from 2014 to 2016.
= U.S. attorney for the District of Vermont =
On September 28, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Kerest to be the United States attorney for the District of Vermont.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=September 28, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/28/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-36/}} On November 4, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote, Senators Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn voted "no" on record.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%20-%20November%204,%202021.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – November 4, 2021|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=December 5, 2021}} On December 7, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2021 |title=PN1197 - Nomination of Nikolas P. Kerest for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1197 |access-date=December 8, 2021 |website=www.congress.gov}} On December 10, 2021, he was sworn into office by Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford.{{Cite press release |title=Nikolas P. Kerest sworn in as U.S. Attorney |date=December 10, 2021 |publisher=U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/nikolas-p-kerest-sworn-us-attorney |access-date=December 10, 2021}}
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Category:20th-century American lawyers
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Category:Cornell Law School alumni
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Category:United States attorneys for the District of Vermont