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 Term01. William C. Ferrell 1850–185102. Isaac K. Ogier 1851–185203. Kimball H. Dimmick 1852–185304. Benjamin Eaton 1853–185405. Cameron E. Thom 1854–185706. Ezra Drown 1857–185907. Edward J. C. Kewen 1859–186108. Ezra Drown 1861–186309. Alfred B. Chapman 1863–186410. Volney E. Howard 1864–186711. Alfred B. Chapman 1867–186912. Cameron E. Thom 1869–187313. Volney E. Howard 1873–187614. Rodney Hudson 1876–187715. Cameron E. Thom 1877–187916. Thomas B. Brown 1879–188217. Stephen M. White 1882–188418. George M. Holton 1884–188619. George S. Patton 1886–188720. J. R. Dupuy 1887–188821. Frank P. Kelly 1888–189022. James McLachlan 1890–189223. Henry C. Dillon 1892–189424. John C. Donnell 1895–189925. James C. Rives 1899–190326. John Donnan Fredericks 1903–191527. Thomas L. Woolwine 1915–192328. Asa Keyes 1923–192829. Buron Fitts 1928–194030. John F. Dockweiler 1940–194331. Frederick N. Howser 1943–194632. William E. Simpson 1946–195133. S. Ernest Roll 1951–195634. William B. McKesson 1956–196435. Evelle J. Younger 1964–197136. Joseph P. Busch 1971–197537. John Van de Kamp 1975–198138. Robert Philibosian 1981–198439. Ira Reiner 1984–199240. Gil Garcetti 1992–200041. Steve Cooley 2000–201242. Jackie Lacey 2012–202043. George Gascón 2020–202444. Nathan Hochman 2024–present

See also

San Diego County District Attorney San Francisco District Attorney's Office

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