Los Angeles City Attorney

The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official who serves as the city of Los Angeles' government's lawyer and as a criminal prosecutor for misdemeanor violations. The Los Angeles County District Attorney prosecutes felonies. The city attorney is elected for four years, and the city charter requires the city attorney to be a lawyer qualified to practice in the California courts for five years preceding his or her election.[1] In addition the General Counsel Division of the office provides legal counsel for the city and represents it in civil actions.

Los Angeles City Attorney
Incumbent
Michael Feuer
since July 1, 2013
TypeCity attorney
Term length4 years

List of Los Angeles city attorneys
NameTerm
Benjamin Hayes1850–1851
William G. Dryden1851–1852
Joseph Lancaster Brent1852–1853
Charles E. Carr1853
Joseph Lancaster Brent1853
Isaac Hartman1854–1855
Lewis Granger1855–1856
Cameron E. Thom1856–1858
James H. Lader1858–1859
Samuel F. Reynolds1859–1861
James H. Lader1861–1862
Myer Joseph Newmark1862
Alfred Chapman1862–1865
James H. Lader1865
Andrew J. King1866–1868
Charles H. Larrabee 1868 (did not serve)[lower-alpha 1]
William McPherson1868–1870
Frank H. Howard1870–1872
Aurelius W. Hutton1872–1876
John Franklin Godfrey1876–1880
Henry T. Hazard1880–1882
Walter D. Stephenson1882–1884
James Wilfred McKinley1884–1886
J. C. Daly1886–1888
Charles H. McFarland1888–1894
William Ellsworth Dunn1894–1898
Walter F. Haas1898–1900
W. B. Mathews1900–1906
Leslie R. Hewitt1906–1910
John W. Shenk1910–1913
Albert Lee Stephens Sr.1913–1919
Charles S. Burnell1919–1921
Jess E. Stephens1921–1929
Erwin P. Warner1929–1933
Ray L. Chesebro1933–1953
Roger Arnebergh1953–1973
Burt Pines1973–1981
Ira Reiner1981–1985
James Hahn1985–2001
Rocky Delgadillo2001–2009
Carmen Trutanich2009–2013
Mike Feuer2013–present

Notes
  1. "The election took place as ordered by the council on April 6, 1868. All officials were duly elected on that date and certified on the 9th of April, three days later, but did not hold a single session. Instead, the existing administration continued to function until December 7, 1868. The April election seems to have been wholly ignored." Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials 1850–1938, Municipal Reference Library, March 1938, reprinted 1946.

References
  1. Sonenshein, Raphael J. (2006). Los Angeles : structure of a city government (PDF). [Los Angeles]: League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. ISBN 0-9668991-1-3.
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