Veronica M. Sanchez, Esq., is a Senior Assistant United States Attorney who has served for the past eleven years at the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia. Currently, she is the Chief of the Major Crimes Section in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Superior Court). In this role, she oversees attorneys responsible for investigating and prosecuting felony violent crimes in Superior Court, including economic crimes.

Before serving as Chief of the Major Crimes Section, Ms. Sanchez investigated and prosecuted cases ranging from simple assault to homicides in the Superior Court. She also served as a Senior Assistant United States Attorney in the Fraud Section focused on handling financial fraud matters in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Throughout her office tenure, Ms. Sanchez has also been awarded several United States Attorney’s Awards for Special Achievement. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. Sanchez was a Trial Attorney with the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where she worked on mergers in the Telecommunications and Media fields.

Ms. Sanchez received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and her Juris Doctor from the University of California School of Law. Following law school, Ms. Sanchez served as a law clerk for the Honorable Edward C. Reed on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. She also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Melvin T. Brunetti on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.