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Criminal

Feb. 17, 2000

A Year Of Change

It was a tense crowd, brimming with frustration and some hostility. U.S. Attorney Alejandro Mayorkas had been at his job about six months, when he and several of his assistants appeared at a public forum in South Central Los Angeles.

Alejandro Mayorkas
U.S. Attorney
Appointed by: Special appointment by the Justice Department in 1998, by President Clinton in 1999, confirmed in August 1999
Career Highlights: Litigation associate, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, 1986-1989; assistant U.S attorney, 1989-1996; prosecutor, asset forfeiture section, 1989-1992, major frauds section, 1992-1996; chief of the general crimes section, 19...

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