A district attorney at the county level in the United States is the prosecutor for a county or local judicial district. Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... In countries adopting the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system, the prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution. ...
A local district attorney prosecutes violations of the law at the state and local level. Federal crimes are prosecuted by a United States Attorney. United States Attorneys represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court. ...
The DistrictAttorney of Los Angeles County is the lawyer for the people, a non-partisan official who is elected every four years.
Deputy districtattorneys also prosecute misdemeanor crimes in unincorporated areas and in 78 of the 88 County cities.
Upon being sworn into office on December 4, 2000, DistrictAttorney Steve Cooley told his staff, "Show no fear in pursuing the criminal element, also be fearless in the pursuit of justice." To learn more about how the Los Angeles CountyDistrictAttorney’s Office is doing that, we invite you to navigate through our website.
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