Saritha Komatireddy | Hyderabad, Nov 2: Telugu-origin lawyer Saritha Komatireddy, the Republican nominee for New York attorney general, is seeking to unseat incumbent Letitia James in the November 3 US midterm elections. US President Donald Trump endorsed her campaign on October 31.
Komatireddy, 42, was born and raised in Brooklyn. Her parents, Hanuman Reddy and Geetha Komatireddy, are both doctors and hail from Telangana’s Karimnagar district. They moved to the US in the 1980s, and the family has kept close ties with Karimnagar and visits regularly.
A Harvard-educated lawyer, she joined the US attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York in 2013 and served as an assistant US attorney until 2025. She handled terrorism, cybercrime and organised crime cases.
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Richard Donoghue, who was US attorney for the district from 2018 to 2020, told The Times of India that she quickly distinguished herself in an office of experienced lawyers. “She was entrusted with some of the office’s most important cases,” he said, ranging from national security investigations to complex cybercrime prosecutions.
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Her terrorism work involved Al-Qaeda, ISIS and affiliated groups. Donoghue said her work contributed to life sentences for people who conspired to carry out terrorist acts against the US and its allies. She also handled computer-hacking and organised crime cases, and he gave her supervisory duties, including mentoring younger prosecutors.
Komatireddy served as chief of staff to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrator from 2023 to 2024. She later entered private practice and joined the law firm Holtzman Vogel as a partner in November 2025. She is also a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School.
Donoghue said he did not know of her political ambitions until she announced her candidature. He described her move into public life as an extension of her commitment to public safety.
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He said she is devoted to her family and often brought her four children, including two sets of twins, to the office. He added that she is proud of her Indian heritage and her parents’ sacrifices.
He said he has the “highest confidence” she is the right person for the job.
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