Zane David Memeger

Zane David Memeger
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
In office
May 6, 2010 – December 23, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMichael L. Levy (acting)
Succeeded byBill McSwain
Personal details
BornZane David Memeger
(1964-11-06) November 6, 1964 (age 61)
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
EducationJames Madison University (B.S.)
University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.)

Zane David Memeger (born November 6, 1964) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2016.

Education

Memeger earned a Bachelor of Science from James Madison University in 1986, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1991.

Career

Before his appointment as United States Attorney, Memeger was a litigator at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, first from 1991 to 1995. Memeger resigned from the firm to serve as Assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2006. Memger then returned to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as a partner from 2006 to 2010, focusing on white collar criminal defense, corporate investigations, and healthcare fraud investigations. Since June 2025, he has been appointed Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.

Personal life

Memeger was born in Yonkers, New York and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. He now lives in Philadelphia.

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the U.S. Attorney". Justice.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-12-17. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  2. ↑ Jeremy Roebuck (2016-11-23). "U.S. Attorney who convicted congressman, terrorists and union corruption to resign". Philly.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  3. ↑ "Catching Up With Former U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger '91". University of Virginia School of Law. 2017-08-18. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  4. ↑ "Zane David Memeger". www.morganlewis.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  5. ↑ LFSuser (2025-07-30). "FCLC Executive Committee Member Zane Memeger Begins New Role as Executive Director for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project". Federal Criminal Law Committee for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
  6. ↑ "Zane David Memeger, Former US Attorney for Eastern District of Pa., to Rejoin Morgan Lewis". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  7. ↑ Robinson, Jennifer. "Questions for Zane David Memeger" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger announces his resignation". www.phillyvoice.com. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 2019-11-20.