1.   And the effect on local traffic is exactly what the regulation is about, said the judge, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

2.   Another candidate, Jim Burns, a former U.S. attorney who briefly played basketball for the Chicago Bulls, finished far behind the field.

3.   Another member in that category is Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia, a former U.S. attorney in Atlanta who used to brag about bringing down Colombian drug lords.

4.   Another potential candidate is Chuck Banks, a former U.S. attorney from Little Rock.

5.   Ashcroft is also buttressed by a pair of former U.S. attorneys in Larry Thompson and Michael Chertoff.

6.   At the trial, incidentally, the role of prosecutor was played by one Hickman Ewing Jr., a former U.S. attorney from Tennessee.

7.   Barr, a hardnosed former U.S. attorney who represents a suburban Atlanta district, has emerged as the toughest Republican questioner.

8.   Becky Sanders, a former attorney for Johnson County, still scoffs at NCAA claims that trips to championship sporting events were a proper tax-exempt use.

9.   Bradshaw, a former U.S. attorney in Kansas City, said that Courtney had cooperated with investigators and suggested his detention might hamper further cooperation.

10.   A former attorney for the local NAACP, she has won praise for her passionate advocacy for her district as well as some criticism over her political skills.