CA- Ex-U.S. Attorney Representing Jaycee Dugard

9-25-2009 California:

A former U.S. Attorney is representing Jaycee Dugard, the California woman who disappeared when she was 11 years old, allegedly kidnapped and held for 18 years by a convicted sex offender who fathered her two children.

McGregor Scott was the top federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of California from 2003 until January. He is representing Dugard on a pro bono basis, he told Main Justice in an interview. Dugard, now 29, has told authorities she was held captive by Phillip and Nancy Garrido in a secret backyard structure, where she cared for her children.

Dugard was found this summer after she and her daughters accompanied Phillip Garrido, who’d previously been convicted of kidnapping and rape charges in Nevada, to a meeting with his parole officer. The couple pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The ex-U.S. Attorney previously acted as a spokesperson on the Dugard case for the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office in California, which is investigating the Garridos. Scott, a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in their Sacramento office, said he agreed last week to represent the Dugard and her daughters at the request of her family.

“These are people who will need good legal advice and counsel going forward,” Scott said. ..Source.. by Andrew Ramonas