Saritha Komatireddy

  • Lecturer in Law

Saritha Komatireddy is Deputy Chief of Appeals at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.  She previously served as Chief of International Narcotics and Money Laundering, Deputy Chief of General Crimes, Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Coordinator, and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Office's National Security and Cybercrime Section.  Komatireddy has tried eight federal criminal trials and has argued more than a dozen cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  She has received numerous awards for her work as a federal prosecutor, including three Attorney General’s Awards, two True American Hero Awards, and the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation Prosecutor of the Year Award.

From 2023-2024, Komatireddy served as the Chief of Staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Previously, Komatireddy practiced law at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel P.L.L.C. in Washington, D.C., and was Counsel to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.  She clerked for the Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  

Komatireddy received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was the Bluebook Chair for the Harvard Law Review, and she received her A.B. from Harvard College.