United States Attorney
The Honorable Colm F. Connolly
United
States Attorney, District of Delaware
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Colm F. Connolly earned his M. Sc. at the London School of Economics and his J.D. at Duke University School of Law.
From 1991 to 1992, Mr. Connolly clerked for Judge Walter K. Stapleton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. From 1992 to 1999, Mr. Connolly was an Assistant United States Attorney. In that position, he led an 18-month multi-agency investigation into the disappearance of Governor Carper's secretary that resulted in the indictment of Thomas J. Capano for first degree murder. He was cross-designated as a Special Assistant Attorney General to co-prosecute State v. Capano and won a first degree murder conviction. In addition, Mr. Connolly prosecuted the first federal criminal civil rights case in Delaware history. He has litigated more than 40 cases in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and prosecuted over 100 defendants for various offenses. Since 2001, he has served as United States Attorney for the District of Delaware. Colm and his wife Anne have four children.