Laura Crane, Esq., has served as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia since 2014. Currently, she serves as a Deputy Chief in the Violent Crimes and Narcotics Trafficking Section, supervising AUSAs handling the investigation and prosecution of complex federal cases targeting violence and narcotics trafficking in the District. Before becoming a supervisor, Ms. Crane prosecuted violent crime matters in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She has received the FBI Washington Field Office Service Award, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Impact Award (2017), the U.S. Attorney’s Office Award for Exceptional Service (2018), and the U.S. Attorney’s Office Team Award (2021).

Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. Crane was a senior associate at WilmerHale in D.C. and a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine, and Moore LLP, in New York, where she received an award in recognition of her outstanding pro bono service from the Legal Aid Society. Ms. Crane also worked in the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division, where she enforced compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) integration mandate.

Ms. Crane received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Spanish, magna cum laude, from Duke University and her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the Washington University School of Law. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable James E. Boasberg on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.