Clark County District Attorney

{{Short description|Elected district attorney of Clark County, Nevada}}

The Clark County District Attorney is the elected district attorney of Clark County, Nevada.{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/departments/district_attorney/about_us.php|access-date=July 16, 2021|publisher=Clark County District Attorney}} The current Clark County District Attorney is Steven B. Wolfson.{{cite news|last1=Siracusa|first1=Sabrina|title=District Attorney Steve Wolfson|publisher=Vegaslegal Magazine|url=https://www.vegaslegalmagazine.com/district-attorney-steve-wolfson/|accessdate=2020-06-23}}

As of 2021, the Clark County District Attorney's Office employs approximately 170 attorneys and over 500 support staff. It is divided into four divisions: criminal, juvenile, family support, and civil.

Past district attorneys

No.	District Attorney	Dates in Office
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1	W.R. Thomas	Appointed in 1909{{cite web\|title=Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....THOMAS, William R. January 21 1920\|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/nv/clark/obits/thomaswr.txt}}
2	O.J. Van Pelt	First Elected DA from 1910–?{{cite journal\|date=1914-11-07\|title=Las Vegas Age\|url=http://d.library.unlv.edu/digital/collection/LasVegas02a/id/3291/rec/1\|journal=UNLV Digital Collections\|volume=X\|issue=45\|pages=1–4\|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
3	?	?
4	A.B. Henderson	1916–1920{{cite journal\|date=1917-02-10\|title=Las Vegas Age\|url=http://d.library.unlv.edu/digital/collection/LasVegas02a/id/2343\|journal=UNLV Digital Libraries\|volume=XIII\|issue=6\|page=2\|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
5	Harley A. Harmon	1920–1934{{Cite web\|last=O'callaghan\|first=Tim\|date=2009-01-09\|title=One Man's View: Clark County District Attorney commissions centennial seal\|url=https://tocomv.blogspot.com/2009/01/clark-county-district-attorney.html\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=One Man's View}}
6	Roger Foley, Sr.	1934–1938{{Cite web\|title=Roger T. Foley\|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Roger_T._Foley\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=Ballotpedia\|language=en}}
7	Roland H. Wiley	1938–1942{{cite web\|last1=McCracken\|first1=Bob\|title=One man's vision reduced to ruins\|url=https://pvtimes.com/community/one-mans-vision-reduced-to-ruins/\|publisher=Pahrump Valley Times\|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
8	V. Gray Gubler	1942–1946{{cite web \|title=State Bar Past Presidents \|url=https://www.nvbar.org/about-us/board-of-governors/state-bar-past-presidents/ \|publisher=State Bar of Nevada \|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
9	Robert E. Jones	1946–1950 {{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=2006-02-07\|title=Robert Jones\|url=https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?pid=142034983\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=\|website=Las Vegas Review Journal}}
10	Roger D. Foley, Jr.	1951–1955{{Cite web\|title=Foley, Roger D.\|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/foley-roger-d\|access-date=July 16, 2021\|website=\|publisher=Federal Judicial Center}}
11	George M. Dickerson	1954–1958{{cite web \|last1=Smith \|first1=John L. \|title="Gentleman George" Dickerson leaves an ethical legacy in Nevada \|url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/gentleman-george-dickerson-leaves-an-ethical-legacy-in-nevada \|website=The Nevada Independent \|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
12	George Foley	1958–1959{{Cite web\|last=Koch\|first=Ed\|date=2010-09-28\|title=Former county DA George Foley Sr. made Nevada 'a better place' – Las Vegas Sun Newspaper\|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/28/former-county-da-made-nevada-better-place/\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=lasvegassun.com\|language=en}}
13	Jack Cherry	Fall 1959{{cite news\|date=2015-10-11\|title=Jack Cherry\|agency=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|url=https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=jack-cherry&pid=176072992&fhid=12183\|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
14	John Mendoza	1960–1962{{cite news\|date=2011-11-11\|title=Judge John F. Mendoza\|publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|url=https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=john-f-mendoza&pid=154541467\|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
15	Edward "Ted" Marshall	1962–1966{{cite news \|title=Edward Marshall \|url=https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=edward-marshall&pid=164261472&fhid=13804 \|accessdate=2020-06-24 \|publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal \|date=2013-04-15}}
16	George Franklin	1966–1970{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=\|title=Commissioner Franklin\|url=http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/parks/Documents/centennial/commissioners/commissioner-g-franklin.pdf\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=\|website=}}
17	Roy Woofter	1970–1974{{Cite web\|date=2013-01-26\|title=Roy Woofter, 'a founding father of Las Vegas,' dies\|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/roy-woofter-a-founding-father-of-las-vegas-dies/\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|language=en-US}}
18	George Holt	1974–1978{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n31ygfnGYvsC&dq=george+holt+district+attorney+las+vegas&pg=PA348\|title=Gamblin in America\|date=1976\|edition=Volume 14\|pages=348\|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
19	Bob Miller	1978–1986{{cite web\|title=Gov. Bob Miller\|url=https://www.nga.org/governor/bob-miller/\|publisher=NGA\|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
20	Rex Bell	1986–1994{{cite news\|title=Rex A. Bell, Jr.\|publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|url=https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=rex-a-bell&pid=152549410\|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
21	Stewart L. Bell	1995–2002{{Cite web\|title=Stewart Bell\|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Stewart_Bell\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=Ballotpedia\|language=en}}
22	David Roger	2003–2012{{Cite web\|title=About David {{!}} Welcome to DavidRoger.com\|url=http://davidroger.us/about-david/\|access-date=2020-06-22\|language=en-US}}
23	Mary-Anne Miller	January 2012 to February 2012{{Cite web\|date=2011-12-28\|title=Interim chief to replace district attorney\|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/interim-chief-to-replace-district-attorney/\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|language=en-US}}
24	Steven B. Wolfson	2012–Present{{Cite web\|title=Steven Wolfson Biography\|url=https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/district-attorney/Pages/bio_district_attorney.aspx\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=www.clarkcountynv.gov}}

References

Category:District attorneys in Nevada

Category:Government of Clark County, Nevada

Category:District attorney's offices