Law Enforcement Labor Partners’ District Attorney Candidate Forum & Debate

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LA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CANDIDATES
Here are the 9 Los Angeles DA candidates in the debate on Oct. 18, 2023 (candidates are listed in alphabetical order):
• L.A. Superior Court Judge Debra Archuleta: Archuleta has been on the bench since 2016. Before that, she was a deputy district attorney.
• Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Chemerinsky: Chemerinsky joined the U.S. Attorney’s office in 2014, rising to chief of the violent and organized crime section, according to his website. He is currently in private practice.
• Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami: Hatami has been a prosecutor since 2006, which a focus on child abuse cases.
• Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Hochman: Hochman is currently in private practice. In addition to serving as a federal prosecutor in L.A. Hochman is a former president of the L.A Ethic Commission and ran as a Republican for California Attorney General in 2022.
• Deputy District Attorney John McKinney: McKinney has been a prosecutor for 25 years, with a focus on major crimes.
• Retired L.A. County Superior Court Judge David S. Milton: Milton is an attorney in private practice who served on the bench from 1995 until 2014. Before that, he was a deputy district attorney.
• L.A. County Superior Court Judge Craig Mitchell: Mitchell has served on the bench for 18 years. He was a high school teacher and deputy district attorney before that.
• Deputy District Attorney Maria Ramirez: Ramirez has been a prosecutor for three decades, with a focus in prosecuting gang violence and drug trafficking, according to her website.
• Deputy District Attorney Eric Siddall: Siddall has been a prosecutor for 16 years, with a focus on violent gang crime cases. He is a former vice president of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, the union that represents rank and file prosecutors.