Press Release - President Bush to Nominate One Individual to Serve in his Administration, Sixteen Individuals to Serve as Members of the Federal Judiciary, and Twelve Individuals to Serve as United States Attorneys

States Attorneys. The President intends to nominate Pamela Hyde Smith to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, she has served as the Public Affairs Officer in London since July 1997. From 1995 to 1997, she served as Director of the Office of Geographic Liaison for the United States Information Agency. She has held a variety of other positions both overseas and in Washington, D.C. including Cultural Affairs Officer in Belgrade and Deputy Chief of USIA's Academic Exchange Program. She is a graduate of Wellesley College. The President intends to nominate Susan W. Brooks to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. She is currently Of Counsel to the Ice Miller Law Firm of Indianapolis, and from 1998 to 1999, she served as Deputy Mayor of the City of Indianapolis. From 1989 to 1997, Brooks was a Partner with Kammen and Brooks and was with McClure, McClure and Kammen from 1985 to 1988. She is a graduate of Miami University and Indiana University School of Law. The President intends to nominate Leura G. Canary to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. She has served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama since 1994, and was a Trial Attorney at the Department of Justice Civil Division from 1990 to 1994. From 1981 to 1990, Canary was an Assistant Attorney General in the Alabama Attorney General's Office. She received her undergraduate degree from Huntington College and her law degree from the University of Alabama. The President intends to nominate Colm F. Connolly to be United States Attorney for the District of Delaware. He is presently a Partner with Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnel in Wilmington, and from 1992 to 1999 served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware. Connolly received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and law degree from Duke University. The President intends to nominate Thomas C. Gean to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Gean has been a Prosecuting Attorney for the Sebastian County District Attorney's Office since 1997, and from 1992 to 1996, he was an attorney with Gean, Gean and Gean of Fort Smith. From 1988 to 199, he was an attorney with Alston and Bird in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and Vanderbilt University Law School. The President intends to nominate Raymond W. Gruender to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. He is currently an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, and held a similar position from 1990 to 1994. From 1994 to 2000, he was a Partner with Thompson Coburn and from 1987 to 1990, he was an Associate with Lewis, Rice and Fingersh. Gruender received his undergraduate, M. B. A. and J. D. degrees from Washington University. The President intends to nominate Roscoe C. Howard, Jr. to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. He is presently a Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law and has served as an Associate Professor since 1994. From 1997 to 1998, he was an Associate Independent Counsel in the Office of the Independent Counsel Donald C. Smaltz. From 1991 to 1994 he was an Associate Independent Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel Arlin M. Adams. From 1987 to 1991, he was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and from 1984 to 1987, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Howard served as a staff attorney at the Federal Trade Commission from 1981 to 1984, and was in private practice from 1978 to 1981. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his law degree from the University of Virginia. The President intends to nominate David C. Iglesias to be United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico. He is presently an Associate with Walz and Associates in Albuquerque as well as a Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve JAG Corps. He served as General Counsel to the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department from 1998 to 2001 and was Chief Counsel to the New Mexico Risk Management Legal Office from 1995 to 1998. Iglesias completed a White House Fellowship as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation in 1995. He was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Albuquerque from 1991 to 1994 and an Assistant Attorney General in the New Mexico Attorney General's Office. He is a graduate of Wheaton College and the University of New Mexico School of Law. The President intends to nominate Charles W. Larson, Sr. to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. Larson held the position of U.S. Attorney for this district from 1986 to 1993. He is currently the Chairman of the Iowa Board of Parole and from 1993 to 1998 a position he held from 1982 to 1986 as well. He was a Drug Enforcement and Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the Iowa Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse from 1993 to 1998. In 1993, he was an attorney with Shuttleworth and Ingersoll of Cedar Rapids, and from 1982 to 1986, he was a Partner with Walker, Larson, and Billingsly in Newton, Iowa. Larson was the Manager of Law Enforcement for Sanders and Associates from 1979 to 1982. He served as Commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety from 1973 to 1979 and was a Judicial Magistrate for Iowa's 5th Judicial Court in 1973. He held a variety of other positions in the public and private sector from 1966 to 1973. A veteran of the U.S. Army and Retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, he is a graduate of Kansas State University and the University of Iowa School of Law. The President intends to nominate Matthew H. Mead to be United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming. He is currently a Partner with Mead and Phillips in Cheyenne and was in Independent practice from 1995 to 1997. From 1991 to 1995, he served as Assistant United States Attorney and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming, and he is Deputy County Attorney in the Campbell County Attorney's Office from 1987 to 1990. Mead is a graduate of Trinity University and the University of Wyoming School of Law. The President intends to nominate Michael J. Sullivan to be United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He has served as the Plymouth County District Attorney since 1995. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995 and was also a Partner with McGovern and Sullivan from 1990 to 1995. From 1983 to 1990 he was an Associate with Bolles and Pritchard. He is a graduate of Boston College and Suffolk University Law School. The President intends to nominate Drew H. Wrigley to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota. He is presently the Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of the Governor of North Dakota and he served as General Counsel for Public Policy in the North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau from 1998 to 1999. He served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office from 1993 to 1998 and he was a Prosecuting Attorney for the City of Fargo from 1992 to 1993. Wrigley is a graduate of the University of North Dakota and American University Law School. The President intends to nominate Joseph Van Bokkelen to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana. He has been in private practice since 1975 first as a Partner with Wilson, Donnesberger, Van Bokkelen and Reid and then as a Partner with Goodman, Ball, Van Bokkelen and Leonard. From 1972 to 1975, he served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana and from 1969 to 1972, he served in the Indiana Attorney General's Office as an Assistant and Deputy Attorney General. Van Bokkelen received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Indiana University. The President intends to nominate Jeffrey R. Howard of New Hampshire, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit. The President intends to nominate Terrence L. O'Brien of Wyoming, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit. The President intends to nominate Karon O. Bowdre of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. The President intends to nominate Callie Virginia Smith Granade of Alabama, to United States District Judge for Southern District of Alabama. The President intends to nominate David L. Bunning of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The President intends to nominate Karen K. Caldwell of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The President intends to nominate Danny C. Reeves of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The President intends to nominate Kurt D. Englehardt of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The President intends to nominate Larry R. Hichs of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada. The President intends to nominate M. Christina Armijo of New Mexico, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico. The President intends to nominate William P. Johnson of New Mexico, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico. The President intends to nominate Claire V. Eagan of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The President intends to nominate Stephen P. Friot of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma. The President intends to nominate Joe L. Heaton of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma. The President intends to nominate James H. Payne to be United States District Judge for the Northern/Eastern/Western District of Oklahoma. The President intends to nominate Lawrence J. Block to be a Judge for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.