Priscilla Perez Lopez serves as the Acting United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida, a position to which she was designated on August 29, 2025, by former U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi.
Acting United States Marshal Lopez began her career with the United States Marshals Service in 2002 as a Deputy United States Marshal in the Southern District of Florida. In 2010, she was assigned to the Miami Fugitive Operations Division, where she worked closely with local law enforcement agencies, including the Hialeah Police Department and the City of Miami Police Department, as part of the Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force.
In 2015, she was promoted to Supervisory Deputy United States Marshal in the Miami office, where she supervised General Court and Fugitive Investigative Operations. She later advanced to Assistant Chief Deputy United States Marshal in September 2020, where she undertook a critical leadership role in overseeing district-wide operational and administrative functions.
Acting United States Marshal Lopez currently serves in several key federal executive capacities, to include as a primary security advisor to the Federal Security Committee, and as a member of the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Executive Board.
Acting United States Marshal Lopez earned both her Bachelor of Science (2001) and Master of Science (2007) in Criminal Justice from Florida International University.