Dylan Aste, U.S. District Attorney

Dylan Aste is an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, where he focuses on prosecuting civil claims involving opioid diversion and health care fraud. Dylan is the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Civil Opioid Coordinator and the Co-Chair of its Diversity Committee. He is also an adjunct professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

Dylan also serves on the University of San Diego School of Law Alumni Board, is a member of Lawyers Club, and was a Barrister in the Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court (2017–21). He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law and a B.S. in Computer Science, with distinction, from San Diego State University.

The National FBA selected Dylan as one of five recipients nationwide of the 2020 Younger Federal Lawyer Award. This award honors exceptional younger lawyers (no more than 40 years old) who attain high standards of professional achievement and support the FBA’s Younger Lawyers Division. Dylan also received the University of San Diego School of Law Rising Star Recent Alumni Award (2021) and the Rising Aztec Award from San Diego State University (2019–20).