Alan D. Bersin, a University of San Diego law professor, is slated to become the new U.S. attorney for San Diego and Imperial counties, legal and political sources said Thursday.
Sen. Barbara Boxer has recommended to President Clinton that he nominate Bersin, 46, a Rhodes scholar with the President in the late 1960s, for the highly coveted position of top federal law enforcement official in the two counties, both of which border Mexico.
Sam Chapman, Boxer's top aide, would say only that the senator has sent her recommendation to Clinton. Although the President makes the formal nomination, senators are usually accorded considerable deference on these appointments.
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Chapman said that in making her selection, Boxer "relied heavily" on the advice of a committee of eight San Diegans, headed by Sister Sally M. Furay, provost at the University of San Diego. The committee included three Latino lawyers, two of whom are women; retired federal Judge J. Lawrence Irving, and discount store executive Sol Price.
Bersin worked at the Los Angeles law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson from 1975 until last summer when he moved to San Diego. His wife, Lisa Foster--an attorney and Common Cause leader--is from San Diego, and Bersin was active in the Clinton campaign there.
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... Sergio Feria, president of the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Assn., said Bersin would do a fine job and bring a fresh perspective to the office.
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Although Bersin has never been a prosecutor, he specialized in complex fraud cases at Munger Tolles. He represented the Philippine government in its efforts to recover millions of dollars looted from the country's treasury by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda.
In another high profile case, Bersin was one of several Munger Tolles lawyers who helped Salomon Bros. clean house in the aftermath of financial scandals at the brokerage firm.
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A native of Brooklyn, Bersin studied political science at Harvard University, where he was an all Ivy League football player. After spending two years as a Rhodes scholar in England, he studied law at Yale University and moved to California in 1974.
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La Raza ??
aRnold is clueless. He criticizes the borders policy yet appoints La Raza supporters, nt to mention a diehard liebral in wolf's clothing..
What the hell is he thinking?
oh, That's right. What the hell is Maria thinking. ;-)
If only he were a moderate. :-\