Los Angeles City Attorney
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.
| Name |
Term |
| Benjamin Hays |
1850–1851 |
| William G. Dryden |
1851–1852 |
| Joseph Lancaster Brent |
1852–1853 |
| Charles E. Carr |
1853 |
| Joseph Lancaster Brent |
1853 |
| Isaac Hartman |
1854–1855 |
| Lewis Granger |
1855–1856 |
| Cameron E. Thom |
1856–1858 |
| James H. Lader |
1858–1859 |
| Samuel F. Reynolds |
1859–1861 |
| James H. Lader |
1861–1862 |
| Myer J. Newmark |
1862 |
| Alfred Chapman |
1862–1865 |
| James H. Lader |
1865 |
| Andrew J. King |
1866–1868 |
| Charles H. Larrabee |
1868–1869 |
| William McPherson |
1869–1870 |
| Frank H. Howard |
1870–1872 |
| Aurelius W. Hutton |
1872–1876 |
| John Franklin Godfrey |
1876–1880 |
| Henry T. Hazard |
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 |
1953–1973 |
| Burt Pines |
1973–1981 |
| Ira Reiner |
1981–1985 |
| James Hahn |
1985–2001 |
| Rocky Delgadillo |
2001–2009 |
| Carmen Trutanich |
2009–present |
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