The Allegheny County district attorney is the elected district attorney for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of Pennsylvania commonwealth laws (federal law violations are prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania). The current district attorney is Stephen Zappala.
In 1995, the assistant district attorneys formed a collective bargaining unit and voted to be represented by the United Steelworkers of America. The bargaining unit also represents assistant public defenders and scientists in the coroner's office (now the Office of Medical Examiner) and computer professionals in the prothonotary's office (now the Department of Court Records).Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board Case No. PERA-R-95-9-W
History +DAStart of termEnd of termRefsPolitical partyClarence Burleigh 1892January 1, 1895John Carothers HaymakerJanuary 1, 1895January 1, 1904James MusialJanuary 1, 1904January 1, 1907Harry L. Goehring January 19071908William Augustus Blakeley 19081914William Augustus Blakeley 19081914Harry H. Rowand February 7, 1922December 15, 1922R.H. Jackson April 11, 1914Before May 1922Samuel H. Gardner December 15, 19221930Andrew T. Park19301942Russell H. Adams 19421945(Republican) Artemas Leslie 19451948(Republican) William Rahauser 19481952(Democrat) James F. Malone 19521956(Republican) Edward C. Boyle 19561964(Democrat) Robert Duggan 19641974(Republican) John Hickton 19741976(Democrat) Robert E. Colville 19761998(Democrat) Stephen Zappala 1998present(Republican, switched from Democrat in 2023)
References
External links Allegheny County District Attorney website See also
Allegheny County Police Department Allegheny County Sheriff's Office List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Police