Meg Heap, No Crime Charged, Georgia 2025

SAVANNAH, GA: The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Margaret E. Heap, has been reappointed to continue serving in her position.

Heap took the oath of office on Monday, December 15th in the courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker. The appointment is effective immediately.

“The excellent staff in the Southern District of Georgia and our outstanding law enforcement partners continue to work together to keep our communities safe,” said U.S. Attorney Heap. “I am honored to serve alongside these dedicated professionals on behalf of our citizens as we work together to uphold the law and defend access to justice throughout this district.”

Meg Heap was previously sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia on August 18, 2025 by U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall. She was appointed as the interim U.S. Attorney by Attorney General Pamela Bondi on the same date.

Heap has a long history of serving in various positions, including Chairman and Vice Chair of Georgia’s State Board of Pardons and Paroles, which she was appointed to by Governor Brian Kemp on January 19, 2021.

Heap began her legal career as a Volunteer Coordinator and Victim Advocate with the Chatham County District Attorney’s Victim-Witness Assistance Program in 1986. She received her Juris Doctorate from Mercer University Law School in 1992 and went on to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, where she prosecuted felonies in the Superior and Juvenile Court.

In 1995, Heap served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Eastern Judicial Circuit and later served two terms as the District Attorney. She was named the “District Attorney of the Year” by the District Attorneys’ Association of Georgia in 2019.

As U.S. Attorney, Meg Heap is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Georgia, which covers 43 of Georgia’s 159 counties and a population of more than 1.6 million people. The district includes the cities of Savannah, Augusta, Brunswick, Statesboro, Dublin, and Waycross. She leads a team of approximately 70 attorneys and staff prosecuting federal crimes in the district and defending the United States in civil cases in the U.S. District Court.