BUSH TO NOMINATE KUBO AS U.S. ATTORNEY IN HAWAII

The Attorney Has Handled A Number Of Prominent Drug Cases

State Rep. Barbara Marumoto says Edward H. Kubo Jr. is excited at the
prospect of being nominated as U.S. attorney in Hawaii by President Bush.
"Various law enforcement agencies have been glowing in their
recommendations," said Marumoto, R-Kahala, who was chairwoman of the Bush
presidential campaign in Hawaii. "He is really excited to be serving in the
Bush administration. I think he is exceptionally well-qualified." The White
House announced yesterday that Bush intends to nominate Assistant U.S.
Attorney Kubo to be U.S. attorney.

Kubo, 48, has served as an assistant U.S. attorney since 1990 after five
years as a deputy city prosecuting attorney.

He is being nominated to fill the vacancy created when Steven Alm, who
served seven years, resigned after being named a Circuit Court judge by
Gov. Ben Cayetano in March. Kubo declined to comment.

Currently assigned to prosecute violent crimes and white collar crimes,
Kubo previously handled several high-profile drug cases.

Last year, he obtained cocaine and ice distribution and conspiracy
convictions against Eddie Sua. Three years ago, he brought the first
prosecution in Hawaii against a crystal methamphetamine manufacturer, a lab
in the Crosspointe subdivision. Kubo led the prosecution of LaMar Baker in
1995 for bringing minor girls to Hawaii for prostitution, the first time
since World War II that the Mann Act against transporting minors over state
lines for prostitution was invoked here. As a deputy city prosecutor, he
handled the first trial of Alexander "Boy" Carvalho Jr., convicted in 1987
of manslaughter in the death of his wife in Waimanalo. Kubo graduated from
Waipahu High School and from the University of Hawaii in 1976. He received
his law degree from University of San Diego School of Law in 1979. He was
admitted to the Hawaii bar in 1979. He spent two years as senior associate
trial attorney with the law firm of Carlsmith & Dwyer in Honolulu. He was
an instructor at the Honolulu police academy from 1985-90 and lectured for
the U.S. Department of Justice about the Mann Act and violence against women.

He is legal adviser to the Pearl City High School mock trial team. Kubo is
the single parent of three children, all now in college.

His father, Edward H. Kubo Sr., is a retired Army command sergeant major,
and the family lived in several places during his childhood, including six
years in Germany. Kubo was one of 13 U.S. attorney appointees announced by
the White House.