Xavier Alvarez, Respondent
Jonathan D. Libby, Counsel of Record
On July 23, 2007, Xavier Alvarez, an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Three Valley Water District in Southern California, falsely claimed during a public board meeting that he was a retired U.S. Marine who had been wounded in action and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1987. Someone forwarded a tape of the meeting to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which charged Alvarez with violating the Stolen Valor Act, which makes it a Federal misdemeanor to falsely claim to have been awarded military decorations. Alvarez pled guilty and was sentenced to pay a $5,000 fine…
