Professor Perschbacher Comments for Sacramento Bee on Controversial Del Norte County DA

Professor Rex Perschbacher commented for the Sacramento Bee on the case of a Del Norte County District Attorney facing an FBI probe of allegations that he attempted to sell or trade his endorsement for one of the county's public defender jobs.

"That's Rod Blagojevich territory," said Professor Perschbacher, referring to the Illinois governor, sentenced to prison for trying to sell an appointment to the U.S. Senate.

Professor Rex Perschbacher was Dean of the Law School from 1998 to 2008, and before that served as Associate Dean from 1993-1998. He has taught at UC Davis since 1981 with an emphasis on the areas of Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility, and clinical teaching. He received the law school's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992, and a Special Citation Affirmative Action and Diversity Achievement Award in 2001.

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