By WPRO News and The Associated Press

President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the country, including Zachary Cunha to become U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island.

It’s a diverse group of candidates in the latest round of picks for the top law enforcement positions.

The nominations are announced by the White House on Tuesday.

The nominees are expected to run the federal prosecutors’ offices in Hawaii, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio, Vermont and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The slate would include several historic firsts, including the first Black female attorneys to lead their districts.

The Justice Department’s 93 U.S. attorneys are responsible for federal criminal prosecutions in their respective districts and are central to Biden’s efforts to combat violent crime.

According to a statement issued by the White House, Zachary A. Cunha is presently an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island, where he currently serves as Chief of the Civil Division.

He joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island in 2014.

Mr. Cunha served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York from 2005 to 2008 and the District of Massachusetts from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Cunha previously served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York from 2001 to 2005.

Mr. Cunha received his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School in 2001 and his A.B., with honors, from Brown University in 1998.

All nine nominees must be confirmed by the Senate.