Biden to nominate Gogo as US Attorney for Guam, CNMI
President Joseph Biden is announcing his intent to nominate California Judge Johnny C. Gogo to become the U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands.
The announcement forms part of a wider White House announcement yesterday that Biden will nominate two individuals to federal district courts—Sara E. Hill and John D. Russell, both nominees for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Both nominees are described in White House news release as “extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution.”
Guam-born Gogo is a judge with the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, in San Jose, California where he has served since 2019. Previously, Gogo served as a deputy district attorney with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office from 2001 to 2019 and from 1999 to 2000.
From 2000 to 2001, he was an associate attorney at Calvo and Clark, LLP in Tamuning, Guam and from 1997 to 1999, he served as an assistant attorney general in the prosecution division of the Guam Attorney General’s Office.
Gogo received his J.D., cum laude, from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 1996 and his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego in 1991.
“These choices also continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country—both in terms of personal and professional backgrounds,” the news release added. “These are officials who will be indispensable to upholding the rule of law as top federal law enforcement officials. These individuals were chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their experience and credentials, their dedication to pursuing equal justice for all, and their commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice.”
This will be Biden’s 40th round of nominees for federal judicial positions, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 193.
The current U.S. Attorney for Guam and the CNMI is Shawn N. Anderson.
The President is also announcing his intent to nominate Joshua S. Levy as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
Biden also has two new nominees to serve as U.S. Marshal: Clinton J. Fuchs for the District of Maryland and David L. Lemmon II for the Southern District of West Virginia
The President has now announced 74 nominees to serve as U.S. Attorneys and 24 nominees to serve as U.S. Marshals.
The President is also announcing his intent to re-nominate two experienced and qualified Commissioners of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, a bipartisan independent agency created during the Reagan Administration. (PR)
Johnny C. Gogo
