Deborah Gilg (Gilg, Kruger & Troia)

As four new Obama-appointed U.S. Attorneys took their oaths of office this week, their predecessors resigned. They are:

• Hawaii: Edward H. Kubo Jr. resigned yesterday. He had been the Hawaii’s U.S. Attorney since 2001. Kubo recently was one of six people who was nominated to fill a vacancy on the state First Circuit Court.  Florence Nakakuni was sworn in yesterday. She was confirmed Sept. 29.

• Nebraska: Joe W. Stecher resigned this morning. He has been the district’s U.S. Attorney since 2007. Stecher said, “I have a few options” both in the private and public sectors. Deborah Gilg was sworn in today. She was confirmed Sept. 29.

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  Nevada: Gregory A. Brower resigned this morning. He had been the district’s U.S. Attorney since 2007. Brower has not announced official plans but has been mentioned as a possible Republican opponent for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in 2010 or as a Nevada attorney general candidate. Daniel Bogden was sworn in 10 a.m. Pacific Time. He was confirmed Sept. 15.  Bogden was fired in 2006 as part of the Bush administration’s U.S. Attorney purge. Reid recommended him to President Obama for his old job.

• Western District of Washington: Jeffrey C. Sullivan resigned today. He had been the district’s interim U.S. Attorney since John McKay was forced out during the U.S. Attorney firings in 2006. Sullivan will remain in the office, working as a prosecutor in the criminal division. Jenny Durkan was sworn in this morning. She was confirmed Sept. 29.

Andrew Ramonas contributed to this report.

Her vitals:

• Born in 1952 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Been an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Hawaii since 1985. For the past four years, she’s been the chief of the Drug and Organized Crime Section. She previously ran the office’s Drug Section and was a member of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
• Began her legal career as an attorney-adviser in Justice Department’s Office of Information and Privacy Appeals. In 1982, she left Washington for an assistant counsel position at the Naval Supply Center in Pearl Harbor.
• Has collected about 10 awards for his service as an AUSA from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.
• Lists no membership to any outside organizations “except my (Buddhist) temple, the Honpa Hongwanji Betsuin.”
• Has never been involved in a political campaign or worked for any political party.
• When she was hired by then-U.S. Attorney Daniel Bent, the office had no divisions or sections. Though she had no experience in criminal law, she tried five criminal cases to verdict in the first year and three in the second year. Nakakuni initiated more than 140 civil forfeiture cases from 1986 through mid-1989 resulting in the forfeiture of more than $4 million in cash and property. (She’s tried more than 30 cases to verdict since 1985, including 25 criminal jury trials as lead counsel)
• Nakakuni successfully prosecuted the head of the 12,000-member United Public Workers. Gary Rodrigues was found guilty on 100 counts of mail fraud, health care fraud, embezzlement of union funds, money laundering, money laundering conspiracy and accepting kickbacks.
• If confirmed, she would be Hawaii’s first female U.S. attorney.
• Her financial disclosure forms are currently unavailable. We’ll post them as soon as they are.

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