Los Angeles County District Attorney
Encyclopedia
The District Attorney
of Los Angeles County prosecute
s felony
and misdemeanor
crime
s that occur within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, California
.
Some misdemeanor crimes are prosecuted by local city attorney
s. City attorneys prosecute misdemeanors and infractions that are violations of the municipal code governing the incorporated city's (e.g. Los Angeles
and Long Beach
) jurisdiction. All other misdemeanor, felony and infraction violations that occur within Los Angeles County are prosecuted by the district attorney. According to the district attorney's official website, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is the largest local prosecutor's office in the United States
.
District attorney
In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
of Los Angeles County prosecute
Prosecutor
The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
s felony
Felony
A felony is a serious crime in the common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors...
and misdemeanor
Misdemeanor
A misdemeanor is a "lesser" criminal act in many common law legal systems. Misdemeanors are generally punished much less severely than felonies, but theoretically more so than administrative infractions and regulatory offences...
crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
s that occur within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
.
Some misdemeanor crimes are prosecuted by local city attorney
City attorney
A city attorney can be an elected or appointed position in city and municipal government in the United States. The city attorney is the attorney representing the city or municipality....
s. City attorneys prosecute misdemeanors and infractions that are violations of the municipal code governing the incorporated city's (e.g. Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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and Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
) jurisdiction. All other misdemeanor, felony and infraction violations that occur within Los Angeles County are prosecuted by the district attorney. According to the district attorney's official website, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is the largest local prosecutor's office in the United States
United States
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.
List of District Attorneys
| Num. | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 01. | William C. Ferrell | 1850–1851 |
| 02. | Isaac K. Ogier | 1851–1852 |
| 03. | Kimball H. Dimmick | 1852–1853 |
| 04. | Benjamin Eaton | 1853–1854 |
| 05. | Cameron E. Thom Cameron E. Thom Cameron E. Thom who came to California during the gold rush, was a lawyer, a Confederate officer in the Civil War, and the 16th Mayor of Los Angeles .-California:... |
1854–1857 |
| 06. | Ezra Drown | 1857–1859 |
| 07. | Edward J. C. Kewen Edward J. C. Kewen Edward J.C. Kewen was a California politician and the first Attorney General of California. He was Superintendent of the Los Angeles City schools in 1858 and Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1859 to 1861. He also served in both the Assembly and Senate of the California State... |
1859–1861 |
| 08. | Ezra Drown | 1861–1863 |
| 09. | Alfred B. Chapman Alfred Chapman Alfred Beck Chapman was a Los Angeles real estate attorney and investor. He may be best known as one of the founders of the city of Orange, California.-Life:Chapman was born on September 6, 1829, in Greensboro, Alabama... |
1863–1864 |
| 10. | Volney E. Howard Volney E. Howard Volney Erskine Howard was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist.-Career:Howard commenced law practice in Brandon, Mississippi... |
1864–1867 |
| 11. | Alfred B. Chapman Alfred Chapman Alfred Beck Chapman was a Los Angeles real estate attorney and investor. He may be best known as one of the founders of the city of Orange, California.-Life:Chapman was born on September 6, 1829, in Greensboro, Alabama... |
1867–1869 |
| 12. | Cameron E. Thom Cameron E. Thom Cameron E. Thom who came to California during the gold rush, was a lawyer, a Confederate officer in the Civil War, and the 16th Mayor of Los Angeles .-California:... |
1869–1873 |
| 13. | Volney E. Howard Volney E. Howard Volney Erskine Howard was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist.-Career:Howard commenced law practice in Brandon, Mississippi... |
1873–1876 |
| 14. | Rodney Hudson Rodney Hudson Rodney Hudson is an American Football Center for the Kansas City Chiefs.-Early years:Hudson attended B. C. Rain High School in Mobile, Alabama, where he was a two-way lineman... |
1876–1877 |
| 15. | Cameron E. Thom Cameron E. Thom Cameron E. Thom who came to California during the gold rush, was a lawyer, a Confederate officer in the Civil War, and the 16th Mayor of Los Angeles .-California:... |
1877–1879 |
| 16. | Thomas B. Brown | 1879–1882 |
| 17. | Stephen M. White Stephen M. White Stephen Mallory White was an American politician and an U.S. Senator from California.-Life:Born in San Francisco, Stephen White attended Santa Clara College and read law in the office of Charles Bruce Younger Sr. in Santa Cruz, California and was admitted to the bar in 1874... |
1882–1884 |
| 18. | George M. Holton | 1884–1886 |
| 19. | George S. Patton, Sr. | 1886–1887 |
| 20. | J. R. Dupuy | 1887–1888 |
| 21. | Frank P. Kelly | 1888–1890 |
| 22. | James McLachlan James McLachlan James McLachlan was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Argyllshire, Scotland, McLachlan immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Tompkins County, New York.... |
1890–1892 |
| 23. | Henry C. Dillon | 1892–1894 |
| 24. | John C. Donnell | 1895–1899 |
| 25. | James C. Rives | 1899–1903 |
| 26. | J. D. Fredericks | 1903–1915 |
| 27. | Thomas L. Woolwine Thomas L. Woolwine Thomas Lee Woolwine was a California politician. He was District Attorney of Los Angeles County 1914-1923. He began his career as a deputy DA in 1908. He ran for Governor of California under the Democratic ticket in 1922, but lost to Friend Richardson. See also William Desmond Taylor case. When he... |
1915–1923 |
| 28. | Asa Keyes Asa Keyes Asa Keyes was district attorney of Los Angeles County, California from June 1923 until 1928, when he was found guilty of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Company and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment... |
1923–1928 |
| 29. | Buron Fitts Buron Fitts Buron Rogers Fitts was a California politician, who was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of the state from 1927 to 1928 and Los Angeles County district attorney thereafter until 1940.... |
1928–1940 |
| 30. | John F. Dockweiler John F. Dockweiler John Francis Dockweiler was a U.S. Representative from California.-Biography:John Francis Dockweiler was born in Los Angeles to Isidore Bernard Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve. Dockweiler attended parochial schools. He graduated from Loyola College, Los Angeles in 1918 and from the University of... |
1940–1943 |
| 31. | Fred N. Howser | 1943–1946 |
| 32. | William E. Simpson | 1946–1951 |
| 33. | S. Ernest Roll | 1951–1956 |
| 34. | William B. McKesson | 1956–1964 |
| 35. | Evelle J. Younger Evelle J. Younger Evelle Jansen Younger was an American politician. He was California Attorney General from 1971 to 1979. Prior to that, he was Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1964 to 1971. In 1978, he ran for Governor of California, but lost to incumbent Jerry Brown. Younger was a member of the... |
1964–1971 |
| 36. | Joseph P. Busch | 1971–1975 |
| 37. | John Van de Kamp John Van de Kamp John Kalar Van de Kamp is an American politician. He served as Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1975 until 1981, and then as 28th Attorney General of California from 1983 until 1991.... |
1975–1981 |
| 38. | Robert Philibosian Robert Philibosian Robert Harry Philibosian is an American politician. He served as Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1981 to 1984. He attended Stanford University, graduated from Southwestern Law School and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1968. He is now Of counsel at the law firm of Sheppard,... |
1981–1984 |
| 39. | Ira Reiner Ira Reiner Ira Kenneth Reiner is an American politician. He was the Los Angeles City Controller from 1977 to 1981, and was the Los Angeles City Attorney from 1981 to 1984, both times being succeeded by James Hahn. He is the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1984 to 1992... |
1984–1992 |
| 40. | Gil Garcetti Gil Garcetti Gilbert Salvadore Iberri "Gil" Garcetti is an American politician. He served as Los Angeles County's 40th District Attorney for two terms, from 1992 until November 7, 2000.-Background:... |
1992–2000 |
| 41. | Steve Cooley Steve Cooley Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Cooley is an American politician. As a Republican, he has been a prosecutor for 27 years and has been the Los Angeles County District Attorney since his election in 2000, in which he defeated incumbent two-term District Attorney Gil Garcetti, a Democrat... |
2000–present |