Liaison Prosecutor

Martyna Pospieszalska was appointed as the U.S. Liaison Prosecutor to Eurojust in October 2024. Ms Pospieszalska comes to Eurojust having served as an accomplished Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) for over a decade. As a member of OIA’s Europe and Eurasia Team, Ms Pospieszalska ‘s practice focused on the extradition of fugitives to and from the United States, including advising and guiding U.S. prosecutors and European treaty partners through all aspects of the extradition process. Her work resulted in the successful extraditions of fugitives in a wide array of criminal cases, including those involving child sexual exploitation, corruption, complex fraud, terrorism, and violent and organised crime matters.

While at OIA, Ms Pospieszalska was a foremost member of the Cyber Team, where she served as an expert in electronic evidence and regularly trained and advised investigators and prosecutors from across the world on seeking electronic evidence from the United States via the mutual legal assistance process. Ms Pospieszalska was also a regular advisor and contributor to the United Nation’s Office of Drugs and Crime on their electronic evidence projects and initiatives. Prior to the Cyber Team, Ms Pospieszalska was one of the first attorneys at OIA dedicated to focusing on international asset forfeiture matters.

Ms Pospieszalska previously served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C. She started her legal career as a clerk for the Honorable Presiding Judge, Michael Dunston of the Superior Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Ms Pospieszalska holds a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, with a focus on international law, from American University Washington College of Law and a Master’s Degree in International Affairs also from American University. She completed her undergraduate studies in political science at Swarthmore College