U.S. Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert
Western District of North Carolina
Ms. Shappert is the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina with her headquarters office in Charlotte and a fully staffed branch office in Asheville, North Carolina. Ms. Shappert has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in this office for the past 14 years. Before coming to work as a federal prosecutor, Ms. Shappert served as an Assistant District Attorney for Mecklenburg County (Charlotte area) North Carolina for two years.
Ms. Shappert completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University and received her Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1980. Having been assigned to the Western District’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force for many years, Ms. Shappert has successfully prosecuted numerous drug trafficking organizations on drug violations as well as the firearms violations and violent crime associated with those organizations. In fact, Ms. Shappert has prosecuted literally hundreds of gun cases. Because of her vast experience and aggressive prosecution style, she is a popular speaker at law enforcement seminars, specifically with regard to the federal firearms laws and successful preparation of firearms cases for presentation in U.S. District Court. She was nominated by President Bush to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina and has been U.S. Attorney since June 1, 2004.