Shawn N. Anderson
United States Attorney // Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
Shawn N. Anderson serves as the United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. A dedicated federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice since 2003, Mr. Anderson has held several key positions, including Acting United States Attorney, First Assistant United States Attorney, and Criminal Chief. His tenure with the DOJ has also included leadership roles as Branch Office Supervisor in the Eastern District of Washington and Resident Legal Advisor for the DOJ’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training in Baghdad and Karbala, Iraq.
With extensive trial experience in both state and federal courts, Mr. Anderson has handled a wide range of cases, including those involving murder, kidnapping, narcotics, crimes against children, white-collar fraud, and theft of trade secrets. He has also led investigations into officer-involved shootings and achieved guilty verdicts in cases involving law enforcement victims. Additionally, he has trained attorneys and law enforcement personnel across Guam, Saipan, Washington, Oregon, South Carolina, Iraq, Bangladesh, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. He has also represented the Department of Justice in the Philippines and Palau.
Mr. Anderson earned his law degree from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon. He also holds a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Psychology from Oregon State University.
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