Alejandro Mayorkas,  is a partner in O’Melveny & Myers LLP law firm located in Los Angeles. He focuses his practice on trial work in complex business litigation. Prior to joining the firm in September of 2001, Mr. Mayorkas served as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, the largest federal judicial district in the nation. The Central District spans seven counties comprised of approximately 180 cities, with an aggregate population of 18 million people. Mr. Mayorkas supervised more than 240 Assistant U.S. Attorneys and oversaw the investigation and prosecution of cases involving complex securities and financial institution fraud, international money laundering, civil rights violations, high-tech and computer related crime, defense procurement fraud, corrupt public officials, environmental crime, organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and racketeering. Mr. Mayorkas received his law degree from Loyola University in 1985 and his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981.