Los Angeles City Attorney
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The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official whose job is to prosecute all of the misdemeanor criminal offenses within the city of Los Angeles
, California
, United States
. The General Counsel Division of the office provides legal counsel for the city by either defending the city or acting as the plaintiff for the city in all civil lawsuits. Term is four years and limited to two terms.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, California
California
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. The General Counsel Division of the office provides legal counsel for the city by either defending the city or acting as the plaintiff for the city in all civil lawsuits. Term is four years and limited to two terms.
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Hays | 1850–1851 |
| William G. Dryden | 1851–1852 |
| Joseph Lancaster Brent Joseph Lancaster Brent Joseph Lancaster Brent , lawyer, politician in California and Louisiana, Confederate Brigadier General.-Early Life:... |
1852–1853 |
| Charles E. Carr | 1853 |
| Joseph Lancaster Brent Joseph Lancaster Brent Joseph Lancaster Brent , lawyer, politician in California and Louisiana, Confederate Brigadier General.-Early Life:... |
1853 |
| Isaac Hartman | 1854–1855 |
| Lewis Granger | 1855–1856 |
| 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:... |
1856–1858 |
| James H. Lader | 1858–1859 |
| Samuel F. Reynolds | 1859–1861 |
| James H. Lader | 1861–1862 |
| Myer J. Newmark | 1862 |
| Alfred 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... |
1862–1865 |
| James H. Lader | 1865 |
| Andrew J. King | 1866–1868 |
| Charles H. Larrabee Charles H. Larrabee Charles Hathaway Larrabee was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Rome, New York, Larrabee moved with his father to Ohio.He attended Granville College.He studied engineering and law.... |
1868–1869 |
| William McPherson William McPherson William McPherson may refer to:*William McPherson , president of Ohio State University*William Murray McPherson , Australian philanthropist and politician... |
1869–1870 |
| Frank H. Howard | 1870–1872 |
| Aurelius W. Hutton | 1872–1876 |
| John Franklin Godfrey | 1876–1880 |
| Henry T. Hazard Henry T. Hazard Henry Thomas Hazard was the 20th Mayor of Los Angeles, California from 1889–1892.-Biography:Born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Hazard graduated with the class of 1868 from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a doctor of law degree.He served as City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles for... |
1880–1882 |
| Walter D. Stephenson | 1882–1884 |
| James Wilfred McKinley | 1884–1886 |
| J. C. Daly | 1886–1888 |
| Charles H. McFarland | 1888–1894 |
| William Ellsworth Dunn | 1894–1898 |
| Walter F. Haas | 1898–1900 |
| W. B. Matthews | 1900–1906 |
| Leslie R. Hewitt | 1906–1910 |
| John W. Shenk | 1910–1913 |
| Alfred Lee Stephens | 1919 |
| Charles S. Burnell | 1919–1921 |
| Jess E. Stephens | 1921–1929 |
| Erwin P. Warner | 1929–1933 |
| Ray L. Chesebro | 1933–1953 |
| Roger Arnebergh Roger Arnebergh Roger Arnebergh was an American politician. He served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 1953 to 1973.-Early life:... |
1953–1973 |
| Burt Pines Burt Pines Burt Pines is a California attorney and politician. He served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 1973 to 1981 and has served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2003.-Early life and education:... |
1973–1981 |
| 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... |
1981–1985 |
| James Hahn James Hahn James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn is an American politician. Hahn was elected the 40th Mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005, at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election... |
1985–2001 |
| Rocky Delgadillo Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo is an American politician. He is the 6th and former City Attorney of Los Angeles, California.-Career:*Teacher / Coach, Los Angeles Unified School District, Franklin*Attorney, O’Melveny & Myers... |
2001–2009 |
| Carmen Trutanich | 2009–present |