For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 4, 2001

President Bush to Nominate Thirteen Individuals to Serve as United States Attorneys

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate thirteen individuals to serve as United States Attorneys.

The President intends to nominate William S. Duffy, Jr. to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. Duffy is currently a Partner with the law firm of King and Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has practiced since 1981. Duffy left King and Spalding from 1994 to 1995 to serve in the office of the Independent Counsel. From 1978 to 1981, he served as a Captain in the United States Air Force and was a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Office. He is a graduate of Drake University and the University of South Carolina Law School.

The President intends to nominate Maxwell Wood to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. He is currently in private practice in Macon, Georgia, and serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Georgia Air National Guard. From 1994 to 1997, Wood was an Assistant District Attorney in the Ocmulgee District Attorney’s Office, and he was a Staff Attorney for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia from 1992 to 1994. Wood served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and was a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He is a graduate of LaGrange College and the University of Georgia School of Law.

The President intends to nominate Edward Hachiro Kubo, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii. Kubo has served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii since 1990, and from 1985 to 1990, he was Deputy City Prosecuting Attorney in the Office of the Honolulu City and County Prosecuting Attorney. Kubo held the same position from 1980 to 1983, before spending two years as Senior Associate Trial Attorney with the law firm of Carlsmith and Dwyer in Honolulu. He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii and the University of San Diego School of Law.

The President intends to nominate Steven M. Colloton to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa. He is presently a Partner with Belin, Lamson, McCormick, Zumbach and Flynn of Des Moines. From 1991 to 1999, he served as Assistant U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. Colloton left the U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1995 to 1996 to serve in the Office of the Independent Counsel. From 1990 to 1991, he served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. Colloton is a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School.

The President intends to nominate Donald W. Washington to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana. He has served as a Partner with the law firm of Jeansonne and Remondet in Lafayette, Louisiana, since 1996. Washington was Division Counsel and a General Litigation Attorney for Conoco, Inc., from 1991 to 1996 and held a variety of positions with Conoco from 1982 to 1990. Washington served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1983 to 1987 and was a Captain in the U.S. Army from 1977 to 1982. He is a graduate of West Point and South Texas College of Law.

The President intends to nominate Thomas M. DiBiagio to be United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. DiBiagio is currently a Partner with Dyer, Ellis and Joseph in Washington, D.C. From 1991 to 2000, he was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, and from 1986 to 1991, he was an Associate with the law firm of Semmes, Brown and Semmes in Baltimore, Maryland. DiBiagio is a graduate of Dickinson College and the University of Richmond School of Law.

The President intends to nominate Jeffrey Gilbert Collins to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Collins is presently a Judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals, and from 1997 to 1999, he served as Presiding Judge for the Wayne County Circuit Court. From 1994 to 1997, Collins was a Judge for the Detroit Recorder’s Court. He was in private practice from 1987 to 1994, and was an Associate with the law firm of Bell and Hudson in Detroit from 1983 to 1987. Collins is a graduate of Northwestern University and Howard University School of Law.

The President intends to nominate Gregory Gordon Lockhart to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Lockhart is currently the interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio and has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney since 1987. From 1985 to 1987, Lockhart was a Partner with Reid and Lockhart in Beavercreek, and from 1982 to 1985 he was a Partner with Schenck, Schmidt and Lockhart in Xenia. He also served as Assistant County Prosecutor in the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office from 1978 to 1987. From 1978 to 1982, Lockhart was an Attorney with the law firm of DeWine, Schenck and Rose, and from 1976 to 1978, he was an attorney with Weed and Aultman of Xenia, as well as a Police Legal Advisor to the Police Departments of Xenia and Fairborn. Lockhart is a graduate of Wright State University and Ohio State University College of Law.

The President intends to nominate Sheldon J. Sperling to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Sperling is presently interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and then First Assistant U.S. Attorney since 1985. From 1983 to 1985, Sperling was Assistant District Attorney for the Oklahoma District Attorney’s Office, and from 1979 to 1982, he was in private practice in Tulsa. Sperling is a graduate of Northeastern State College and the University of Tulsa College of Law.

The President intends to nominate Mary Beth Buchanan to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She has served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania since 1988, and Buchanan was an Associate with Strassburger, McKenne, Gutnick and Potter in Pittsburgh from 1987 to 1988. She is a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

The President intends to nominate Daniel G. Bogden to be United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Bogden is currently the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, and has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney since 1990. From 1987 to 1990, Bogden was Deputy District Attorney in the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office, and from 1982 to 1987, he was a member of the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps. Bogden is a graduate of Ashland University and the University of Toledo School of Law.

The President intends to nominate Peter W. Hall to be United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. Hall is currently a Partner with Reiber, Kenlan, Schwiebert, Hall and Facey of Rutland where he has practiced since 1986. From 1978 to 1986, Hall was an Assistant U.S. Attorney and then First Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont. Hall received both an undergraduate and Master’s degree from the University of North Carolina, and he received a J.D. from Cornell University Law School.

The President intends to nominate Thomas E. Johnston to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia. Johnston is currently a Partner with the law firm of Bailey, Riley, Buch and Harmon in Wheeling. From 1996 to 1998, Johnston was an Associate with Flaherty, Sensabaugh and Bonasso, and from 1994 to 1996, he practiced with Schrader, Byrd and Companion. Johnston is a graduate of West Virginia University and West Virginia University Law School.

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