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Criminal

Aug. 1, 2009

Women Lining Up for U.S. Attorney Post

The search for a new U.S. attorney in the Northern District of California is heating up, and so is speculation that a woman will be chosen as the next top federal prosecutor in San Francisco.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The search for a new U.S. attorney in the Northern District of California is heating up, and so is speculation that a woman will be chosen as the next top federal prosecutor in San Francisco.

A California group dedicated to the advancement of women in the legal profession is pushing hard for that outcome, and close to half the attorneys who are said to have applied for the job are female. The group, Cali...

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