Government
Feb. 23, 2011
U.S. Attorney Branch Struggles to Return to Glory Days
The Santa Ana branch of the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office has struggled in the aftermath of some high-profile failed prosecutions. But trial bar lawyers, prosecutors and judges don't agree on how to fix the once-prominent office.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - The same day a record-breaking heat wave swept Southern California last year, two federal prosecutors in Santa Ana spent the afternoon idle, sequestered in the courtroom of an angry judge demanding a word with their boss, Andre Birotte Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California.
That evening, the prosecutors were allowed to leave after Birotte offered to drive from Los ...
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