ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES THREE NEW MEMBERS TO
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Janet Reno has appointed
three new United States Attorneys to serve on her Advisory Committee
of United States Attorneys. The Committee, created in 1973, advises
the Attorney General on law enforcement issues and gives the United
States Attorneys a key voice in Department policy. Their terms
become effective immediately and will expire December 31, 2001. They
are:
Donna A. Bucella, Middle District of Florida
Richard H. Deane, Jr., Northern District of Georgia
Jackie N. Williams, District of Kansas
“These new members will be bring a broad range of experience
and expertise to the Committee,” said Attorney General Janet Reno.
“Each has already made outstanding contributions to the Department.”
The new members currently serve on various subcommittees of the
Attorney General’s Advisory Committee. With today’s announcement,
each will become members of the full Committee.
Bucella, who served as Director (1997-1999) and Principal
Deputy Director (1994-1997) of the Executive Office for United States
Attorneys (EOUSA) before her appointment as United States Attorney
for the Middle District of Florida in 1999, was a key player in
bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Before joining EOUSA, Bucella served as Assistant United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida (1987-1993), Director
for the Office of Legal Education, EOUSA (1993-1994), and Interim
United States Attorney, Middle District of Florida (1994). She is an
active member of the Advisory Committee’s Office, Management, and
Budget Subcommittee, and the Investigation and Intelligence
Subcommittee.
Deane has made major contributions as a member of the Advisory
Committee’s Health Care Fraud Subcommittee and the Controlled
Substances/Drug Abuse Prevention and Education Subcommittee. Before
being appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of
Georgia in 1998, Deane served as Magistrate Judge for the Northern
District of Georgia (1994-1998), and Chief of the General Crimes
Section (1988-1991) and Criminal Chief (1991-1994) for the United
States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia.
Williams is a career federal prosecutor and an active member of
the Advisory Committee’s Subcommittees on Environmental Issues,
Native American Issues and Asset Forfeiture. Before being appointed
United States Attorney for the District of Kansas in 1996, Williams
served in the United States Attorney’s Office as First Assistant
United States Attorney/Criminal Chief (1993-1996), Interim United
States Attorney (1993), First Assistant United States Attorney
(1989), and Assistant United States Attorney (1978-1988).
The full 2000 AG Advisory Committee is listed below:
Mark T. Calloway, Western District of North Carolina, Chair
B. Todd Jones, District of Minnesota, Vice Chair
David M. Barasch, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Lynne Battaglia, District of Maryland
Donna A. Bucella, Middle District of Florida
Robert C. Bundy, District of Alaska
Richard H. Deane, Jr., Northern District of Georgia
Saul A. Green, Eastern District of Michigan
P.K. Holmes, III, Western District of Arkansas
Walter C. Holton, Jr., Middle District of North Carolina
Loretta E. Lynch, Eastern District of New York
Denise E. O’Donnell, Western District of New York
José de Jesus Rivera, District of Arizona
Thomas Strickland, District of Colorado
Charles R. Tetzlaff, District of Vermont
Gregory Vega, Southern District of California
Jackie N. Williams, District of Kansas
Sharon J. Zealey, Southern District of Ohio
Donald K. Stern, District of Massachusetts, officio
Wilma A. Lewis, District of Columbia, officio
Mary Gordon Baker, First Assistant United States
Attorney, District of South Carolina, ad hoc
Patrick Flatley, Civil Chief, Northern District of
West Virginia ad hoc.
