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Los Angeles County District Attorney
District Attorney of Los Angeles
District Attorney of Los Angeles
| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| post | District Attorney | |||
| body | Los Angeles County | |||
| insignia | Seal of the District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles.png | |||
| insigniasize | 120px | |||
| insigniacaption | Seal of the Los Angeles County District Attorney | |||
| flag | Flag of Los Angeles County, California.svg | |||
| flagsize | 120px | |||
| flagcaption | Flag of Los Angeles | |||
| image | Nathan J. Hochman (cropped).png | |||
| imagecaption | Official LA District Attorney portrait | |||
| incumbent | Nathan Hochman | |||
| incumbentsince | December 3, 2024 | |||
| seat | {{Plainlist | |||
| * 211 West Temple Street<ref>{{cite web | title | Office Directory Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office | url=https://da.lacounty.gov/contact/office-directory | website=da.lacounty.gov}} |
| termlength | Four years | |||
| constituting_instrument | Charter of the County of Los Angeles | |||
| formation | 1852 | |||
| first | William C. Ferrell | |||
| salary | $346,414 (2020) | |||
| website | da.lacounty.gov |
The District Attorney of Los Angeles County is in charge of the office that prosecutes felony and misdemeanor crimes that occur within Los Angeles County, California, United States. The current district attorney (DA) is Nathan Hochman.
Some misdemeanor crimes are prosecuted by local city attorneys. City attorneys prosecute misdemeanors and infractions that are violations of the municipal code governing incorporated cities, such as Los Angeles and Long Beach, within the county. All other felony and misdemeanors within Los Angeles County are prosecuted by the district attorney's office. According to the district attorney's official website, the office is the largest local prosecutor's office in the United States. The Los Angeles County Public Defender provides legal assistance to individuals charged with a crime who are financially unable to hire and pay for their own private lawyers.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is the largest local prosecutorial office in the United States.
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 | 1854–1857 |
| 06. | Ezra Drown | 1857–1859 |
| 07. | Edward J. C. Kewen | 1859–1861 |
| 08. | Ezra Drown | 1861–1863 |
| 09. | Alfred B. Chapman | 1863–1864 |
| 10. | Volney E. Howard | 1864–1867 |
| 11. | Alfred B. Chapman | 1867–1869 |
| 12. | Cameron E. Thom | 1869–1873 |
| 13. | Volney E. Howard | 1873–1876 |
| 14. | Rodney Hudson | 1876–1877 |
| 15. | Cameron E. Thom | 1877–1879 |
| 16. | Thomas B. Brown | 1879–1882 |
| 17. | Stephen M. White | 1882–1884 |
| 18. | George M. Holton | 1884–1886 |
| 19. | George S. Patton | 1886–1887 |
| 20. | J. R. Dupuy | 1887–1888 |
| 21. | Frank P. Kelly | 1888–1890 |
| 22. | James McLachlan | 1890–1892 |
| 23. | Henry C. Dillon | 1892–1894 |
| 24. | John C. Donnell | 1895–1899 |
| 25. | James C. Rives | 1899–1903 |
| 26. | John Donnan Fredericks | 1903–1915 |
| 27. | Thomas L. Woolwine | 1915–1923 |
| 28. | Asa Keyes | 1923–1928 |
| 29. | Buron Fitts | 1928–1940 |
| 30. | John F. Dockweiler | 1940–1943 |
| 31. | Frederick 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 | 1964–1971 |
| 36. | Joseph P. Busch | 1971–1975 |
| 37. | John Van de Kamp | 1975–1981 |
| 38. | Robert Philibosian | 1981–1984 |
| 39. | Ira Reiner | 1984–1992 |
| 40. | Gil Garcetti | 1992–2000 |
| 41. | Steve Cooley | 2000–2012 |
| 42. | Jackie Lacey | 2012–2020 |
| 43. | George Gascón | 2020–2024 |
| 44. | Nathan Hochman | 2024–present |
References
References
- "Office Directory {{!}} Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office".
- Ding, Jaimie. (2024-11-06). "Hochman elected Los Angeles County district attorney, ousting progressive Gascón".
- "Office Overview {{!}} Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office".
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