Summer Stephan

Summer Stephan is the District Attorney for the County of San Diego, serving in this capacity since 2017.

Summer Stephan
San Diego County District Attorney
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byBonnie Dumanis
Personal details
Political partyIndependent (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		Republican (until 2019)
ResidenceSan Diego, California
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis (BA)
McGeorge School of Law (JD)
OccupationAttorney
WebsiteOfficial website

Summer Stephan was initially appointed to the position of District Attorney in 2017, to finish the term of resigning DA . Summer Stephan defeated challenger San Diego County Public Defender Geneviéve Jones-Wright, a Democrat, in the 2018 general election, with 63.7 percent of the vote.[1] She is the second female district attorney for San Diego.

Early life

Summer received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Davis and her Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. [2]

Career

Stephen served as a Deputy District Attorney in San Diego County for 28 years, trying more than 100 jury cases. Stephan served as Chief of the District Attorney’s North County Branch as well as Chief of the Sex Crimes and Human Trafficking Division. From 2012-2017, she served as Chief Deputy District Attorney under her predecessor, Bonnie Dumanis, who upon her retirement appointed Stephen directly to her position as interim District Attorney in 2017.[3]

District Attorney

As District Attorney, D.A. Stephen has continued her earlier work against human trafficking, serving in several leadership roles and receiving numerous awards.[2]

Political Affiliation

A life-long Republican, DA Stephen joined several other local politicians in quitting the party in 2019. In an interview, Stephan said her decision to re-register to “no party preference” was a professional one and declined to give her views on the Republican Party or the president. “I don’t want to opine about politics because that’s exactly what I’m trying to get away from,” she said in an interview.[4]

See also

References
  1. Mento, Tarryn. "Summer Stephan Keeps Her Seat In San Diego County District Attorney Race". KPBS Public Media.
  2. "Summer Stephan - San Diego County District Attorney". www.sdcda.org.
  3. "Summer Stephan unanimous pick to be San Diego County's interim district attorney". San Diego Union-Tribune. June 21, 2017.
  4. "Column: DA Stephan quits GOP, saying her voter registration became a burden on the job". San Diego Union-Tribune. October 11, 2019.
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