Peter M. Mansfield

At a glance

Peter M. Mansfield is a federal civil-litigation attorney whose Senate questionnaire documents service in the Eastern District of Louisiana's U.S. Attorney's Office beginning in 2005. His career includes civil-division leadership, financial-litigation supervision and earlier private practice.

Summary sources: [1]

Career and documented accomplishments

• Mansfield's questionnaire records Assistant U.S. Attorney service beginning in 2005, civil-division deputy chief from 2008 to 2013, and civil-division chief from 2013 onward. [1]
• He reports service as first assistant U.S. attorney in 2018 and supervision of the financial-litigation unit from 2008 to 2019. [1]
• Before federal prosecution work, he was an associate at Adams and Reese from 2003 to 2005 and a summer extern for Seventh Circuit Judge Kenneth Ripple in 2002. [1]
• The questionnaire records a bachelor's degree from Franciscan University in 2000 and a law degree from Ave Maria School of Law in 2003, both awarded magna cum laude. [1]

Role and nomination context

• The Judiciary Committee's September 30, 2026 hearing considered his nomination for a district judgeship in the Eastern District of Louisiana; the questionnaire supplies earlier-career evidence rather than proof of appointment. [2]

Sources and review date

Career and role sources reviewed Oct 14, 2026. These sources may describe developments beyond the nomination snapshot; each nomination entry retains its recorded date and outcome.

1. Peter M. Mansfield Senate judicial questionnaire, pages 1-4

   U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reviewed Oct 14, 2026.

2. Judicial nominations hearing, September 30, 2026

   U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reviewed Oct 14, 2026.