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Former U.S. Atty. Alejandro N. Mayorkas will become a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of O'Melveny & Myers, the firm announced Wednesday.
Mayorkas, a 41-year-old Democrat, served as the highest-ranking federal prosecutor in Los Angeles from 1999 until he resigned in April after the Republican administration took office.
U.S. attorneys are political appointees, chosen by the president with the Senate's consent.
Mayorkas, who is to begin his new job Sept. 4, said he is eager to return to litigation but intends...