Peter Deegan


Peter Deegan is an American attorney who is currently the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Deegan earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Middle East Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 1992 and received his J.D. degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1995. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney and the chief of the criminal division in the Northern District of Iowa. Deegan was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2004 to 2006. He has prosecuted a number of federal offenses, including complex white collar and business crime. Earlier in his career, Deegan was an associate attorney at Murphy Smith and Polk in Chicago, where he was active in labor and employment litigation. After being nominated to become a U.S. Attorney by President Donald Trump, Deegan was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on September 14, 2017.