Bernard M. Desrosiers, Esq., serves as Acting Chief of Staff at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), United States Parole Commission, where he oversees  all legal and operational matters involving individuals serving federal parole eligible sentences and those convicted under the District of Columbia Code subject to parole or supervised release. He also handles the DOJ's responsibilities under the International Prisoner Transfer Treaty Program, which facilitates the return of American citizens convicted abroad to serve their sentences in the United States and the legal conversion of those foreign sentences for enforcement under U.S. law.   

Before joining the Justice Department, Mr. Desrosiers served as an Assistant District Attorney in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he prosecuted felony offenses, including vehicular homicide, armed robbery, and murder. He also supervised district court prosecutors handling misdemeanors, domestic violence, and traffic offenses. Following his years as a prosecutor, Mr. Desrosiers was a partner at a litigation firm, specializing in white-collar criminal defense. He is the past Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section and   was selected by the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners to draft questions and model answers for the North Carolina state-specific exam, an ancillary to the   Uniform Bar Examination.   

Mr. Desrosiers earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, his Master of Arts in Trust and Investment Management, and his Juris Doctor from Campbell University in North Carolina.