The United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands is the
United States Attorney responsible for representing the
federal government in civil and criminal litigation before the
United States territorial courts of the
District Court of Guam, whose jurisdiction is the Territory of
Guam, and the
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, whose jurisdiction is the United States Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), encompassing the main islands of
Saipan
Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 es ...
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Tinian
Tinian ( or ; old Japanese name: 天仁安島, ''Tenian-shima'') is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of th ...
and
Rota
Rota or ROTA may refer to:
Places
* Rota (island), in the Marianas archipelago
* Rota (volcano), in Nicaragua
* Rota, Andalusia, a town in Andalusia, Spain
* Naval Station Rota, Spain
People
* Rota (surname), a surname (including a list of peop ...
as well as the mostly uninhabited "Northern Islands" of the Commonwealth.
Although the Territory of Guam and the CNMI are separate political entities and federal judicial districts, since 1978 the law has authorized the appointment of one United States Attorney to serve both. This situation is unique within the entire United States.
The U.S. Attorney maintains offices in
Hagåtña, Guam and in
Gualo Rai, Saipan.
List of U.S. Attorneys for the District of Guam and the *District of the Northern Mariana Islands
*James G. Mackey: 1950 - 1952*
*John P. Raker: 1952 - 1954*
*Herbert G. Homme, Jr.: 1954 - 1962*
*James Pace Alger: 1962 - 1969*
*Duane K. Craske: 1969 - 1975*
*Ralph F. Bagley: 1975 - 1977*
*David T. Wood: 1977 - 1986
*K. William O'Connor: 1986 - 1989
*D. Paul Vernier: 1989 - 1991
*Frederick A. Black: 1991 - 2003
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Leonardo Matias Rapadas: June 2003 - June 2010
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Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco: 21 June 2010 - 10 March 2017
*Shawn N. Anderson: 4 January 2018 - present
*Prior to 1978, incumbents did not hold both offices, as the latter had not been created.
See also
*
District Court of Guam
*
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
Notes
Footnotes
Citations
External links
U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands(Official website)
United States Attorneys
Guamanian lawyers
Northern Mariana Islands lawyers
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