Soo C. Song

Soo C. Song is a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University. Professor Song instructs on Human Trafficking, Cybercrime and Espionage, and Federal Hate Crimes while serving as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in Western Pennsylvania.  

Professor Song served as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice for 30 years, dedicating her career to seeking justice on behalf of children and other vulnerable crime victims. Professor Song was a lead prosecutor in the 2023 trial of United States v. Robert Bowers, securing guilty verdicts in federal court for the defendant’s lethal attack upon the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 27, 2018. 

In the Western District of Pennsylvania, in her capacity as Acting U.S. Attorney (2016-2017), First Assistant U.S. Attorney (2010-2018) and as Criminal Chief, Professor Song supervised federal prosecutions and national security investigations in the 25 counties of the district. 

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh in 2004, Professor Song served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Arizona with a primary focus on the prosecution of child exploitation and homicides on the Navajo Nation. Professor Song also previously served as Deputy Director of the Office of Tribal Justice at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C..

Professor Song was a founding member of the federal Veterans Treatment Court in Pittsburgh and BRIDGES Reentry Court, and drafter of the National Heroin Task Force Report to Congress (2015). She has received awards from the Attorney General of the United States for the Tree of Life prosecution (2025) and for indicting Russian cyber-espionage intelligence agents (2019). In 2025, the Law Enforcement Agency Directors (LEAD) of Western Pennsylvania honored Professor Song with a Lifetime Service Award.

• J.D., George Washington Law School
• B.A., Yale University