Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Nora Dannehy has rejoined the office and will serve as counsel to John Durham, the current U.S. attorney.

Dannehy served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1991 to 2010 and held several roles, including assistant U.S. attorney, acting U.S. attorney and, from 2008-10, U.S. attorney. She was the office’s first female U.S. attorney. She began in her new role as counsel Monday morning.