The New Hampshire Department of Justice building in Concord. (File photo by Annmarie Timmins/New Hampshire Bulletin)
Jeffery A. Strelzin, who served as New Hampshire’s homicide unit chief for nearly 14 years, will soon return to the state Attorney General’s Office.
The Executive Council approved the longtime prosecutor’s appointment as an assistant attorney general for the state on its consent calendar Wednesday. Strelzin’s term will run from June 13 of this year to Sept. 30, 2025, at a salary of $123,000.
Strelzin spent 22 years at the state Department of Justice before taking a job as an assistant U.S. attorney in May 2023, according to his resume. He overlapped with Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s time as the state’s attorney general from 2004 to 2009.
His last post with the state was as an associate attorney general and director of the state’s Division of Public Protection, where he oversaw the criminal, consumer protection and antitrust, and environmental bureaus.
While at the U.S. attorney’s office in Concord, he prosecuted various federal crimes, and “developed and presented training to law enforcement officers and prosecutors on a variety of legal issues,” Attorney General John Formella said in a recommendation letter.
Formella, who is a “holdover” status as the governor reviews his department, said Strelzin would be “responsible for establishing and implementing a state-wide training program for prosecutors as well as developing and conducting training on relevant topics.”
The council also moved to appoint Alexander Kellermann as an assistant attorney general and reappoint Zachary A. Frish under the same title, with both terms ending in 2030.