Ex-Patrick prosecutor appointed U.S. attorney - Martinsville Bulletin
attorney is the chief federal law enforcement officer in Virginia’s Western District, of which Henry County, Patrick County and Martinsville are part. “While he is not a presidentially appointed U. S. attorney, moving forward he will be referred to as United States Attorney Anthony P. Giorno on all legal and public documents,” McGinn said in an email. Giorno left the Patrick County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office in 1995 to become an assistant U. S. attorney in the Roanoke office. He had joined the Patrick County office in 1978 as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney and was elected commonwealth’s attorney in 1984, according to previous Bulletin reports. According to a biography posted on the U. S. Attorney’s Office site for the district, Giorno served as civil chief for the Western District from 2005 to 2009, primarily defending medical malpractice cases, and was appointed first assistant in May... Source: www.martinsvillebulletin.com
