Michael T. Ambrosino is the first person to serve as Special Counsel for DNA and Forensics at the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. For seven years, he has been responsible for overseeing the use of forensic evidence by DC prosecutors. In addition to implementing Office-wide protocols, Mr. Ambrosino has briefed and argued a number of forensic hearings of first impression. He has also overseen a number of Office-wide forensic reviews, including the hair and fiber review and the review that uncovered errors in DNA interpretation at the DC Department of Forensic Sciences. 

Prior to serving as Special Counsel, Mr. Ambrosino spent three years arguing appeals in the DC Circuit and the DC Court of Appeals. Before that, Mr. Ambrosino spent nearly a decade trying homicide cases, during which he handled numerous matters of first impression, including the admissibility of DNA and the first "cold-hit" DNA case. During this time, he also handled a number of cases involving complex mental health issues. Mr. Ambrosino began his career in 1985 at the law firm of Donohue and Donohue in New York, practicing international trade law before taking a job as a trial attorney in 1987 with the International Trade Field Office of the US Department of Justice in New York. In 1989, Mr. Ambrosino joined the Civil Division of the US Attorney's Office for DC, where he handled a variety of affirmative and defensive civil cases for six years. 

Mr. Ambrosino's passion for forensics has led him to lecture on a variety of forensic topics at the George Washington University Forensic Science Studies Graduate Program, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Georgetown Law. He has also been an invited panelist at numerous forensic conferences and served on the Human Factors Subcommittee of the National Commission on Forensic Science. 

Mr. Ambrosino graduated from Hofstra Law School in 1985 and from the University of Hartford in 1982.