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161D-HQ-1077114 DWN/tje ASSOCTAXE On September 12, 1994, Judge PATTI SARIS, U.S. District Court, Boston, Massachusetts, telephone number: (617) 223-4831, stated that she has known the appointee, ABNER JOSEPH MIKVA, since 1980. This would have been just months after he has been elevated , to a position of a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals -in Washington, D.C. She was working for Senator EDWARD KENNEDY ‘as a Senate Staff Person at that time. She advised that she has Known the appointee professionally, ‘personally and socially. She noted that the appointee was a Congressman from Illinois anda he left to become a judge in Washington, D.C. She stated that she worked closely with the appointee over a two year period when they wrote a book together. The title of this book was "Congress, the First Branch of Government", which was published in 1983. She stated that while they were writing the book, which took two years, from 1981 to 1983, she would go over to the appointee's house and got to know the appointee's wife and children. She déscribed the appointee as a most wonderful human being and stated that he was very helpful and supportive in her career and that she is now a Federal Judge. She considers the appointee to be trustworthy, reliable, a loyal American citizen. She does not know the appointee to associate with disreputable persons and he has a high standing in the community with respect to his reputation. She stated that he is a very capable individual who does not exhibit any bias or prejudice towards anyone. She stated that he is financially responsible, living within his means and he does not use illegal drugs or abuse alcohol or prescription drugs. She stated that she would absolutely recommend the appointee for a position of trust and responsibility with the Government. She added that the appointee is loved in Chicago and Washington, D.c., and the judiciary.