Bush to nominate 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.
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"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.