BLAINE, Wash. — Blaine’s prosecuting attorney was sworn in as the new president of the Washington State Bar Association.

The Northern Light reports Rajeev Majumdar becomes the first state bar president of South Asian heritage in the U.S.

Majumdar has a private practice in Blaine and serves as the special prosecuting attorney for Bellingham’s Mental Health Diversion Court.

His term as the state’s bar association president runs through September 2020.

WSBA President Rajeev Majumdar (center) with the WSBA’s new Board of Governors. Image courtesy of the Washington State Bar Association.