The corporation’s five-member board of trustees appointed Nisperos early this month, said Danielle Rosete of Guam Supreme Court.
The board is composed of Guam’s chief justice, the presiding judge of the Superior Court, the president of the Guam Bar Association and two other members appointed by the chief justice.
Nisperos, who heads the white collar crime unit of the CNMI Attorney General’s Office, is also one of two prosecutors assigned in the high-profile extradition case of Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura who is wanted in California for the death of his then-28-year-old wife Kazumi in downtown Los Angeles.
Nisperos, 58, was tapped to help Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Warfield Sr. in Miura’s case because of his extensive experience in California law.
When he turned 18, Nisperos enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and was deployed to Vietnam.
After he was honorably discharged from military service, Nisperos studied law at the University of California, Berkeley.
He briefly worked as a deputy district attorney for California after earning his law degree before embarking into private practice.
He was also assigned as the chief of military justice at the Andersen Air Force Base on Guam during the 1980s. It was on Guam when he came to know about the neighboring U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
As a member of the Judge Advocate General Corps assigned to the U.S. Air Force on Guam, Nisperos is credited for bringing the first “urinalysis” court martial case — United States V. Nand.
He also taught in various law schools around the country.
While working as a trial attorney for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Nisperos confessed to substance abuse and admitted himself to a drug rehabilitation program. His personal battle with drugs later earned him his new job in Oakland — director of the mayor’s office dealing with drugs and crime.
When the Gulf War began, Nisperos volunteered as a judge advocate. Soon after, Nisperos became a chief trial counsel with 235 staff under his wing.
Nisperos retired from California government service in 2005. His wife, Eleanor, an administrative law judge, also retired.
After their retirement, the two moved to Saipan and worked for the local AGO.
