More Than 200 Deputy District Attorneys Publicly Endorse Nathan Hochman for D.A., Rejecting Gascon’s Failed Leadership - Nathan Hochman
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More Than 200 Deputy District Attorneys Publicly Endorse Nathan Hochman for D.A., Rejecting Gascon’s Failed Leadership

28 Sep More Than 200 Deputy District Attorneys Publicly Endorse Nathan Hochman for D.A., Rejecting Gascon’s Failed Leadership

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Endorsements Include Many of the Most Senior Prosecutors in the Office, an Unprecedented Vote of No Confidence in Their Boss

LOS ANGELES / Sept. 28, 2024 — More than 200 Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorneys have publicly endorsed Nathan Hochman for District Attorney – urging voters to fire their boss, George Gascon, who has trampled on victims’ rights, advocated for violent criminals and prompted a years-long increase in violent and property crime.

Hochman praised the prosecutors who took the unusual step of requesting that their names be listed among the hundreds of people and organizations supporting his campaign for District Attorney – especially because Gascon has punished prosecutors who criticized him. More than 20 prosecutors have employment lawsuits pending against Gascon.

“It’s one thing for your union to endorse me, it’s another to stand up and be individually counted, given the current district attorney’s practice of retaliating against those who stand against him,” Hochman said. “I am deeply appreciative to each of these people for advocating for a new future for their office, for public safety in this county and for the principles I stand for.”

The prosecutors endorsing Hochman include some of the most senior prosecutors in the office – Head Deputies, Assistant Head Deputies and Deputies in Charge, as well as the Deputy District Attorneys so essential to the administration of justice in Los Angeles County.

“George Gascon has forgotten what business we’re in: protecting victims and standing up for public safety and justice,” said Deputy District Attorney John Colello, who has been with office for 27 years. “Nathan Hochman believes in that mission to his core and that’s why he needs to be our next District Attorney.”

The Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorneys who publicly support Hochman include:

  1. Dan Akemon
  2. Iliana Alvarez
  3. Lowell Anger, Head Deputy DA
  4. Ariel Anson
  5. Courtney Armendariz
  6. Melany Avanessians
  7. Lou Avila, Deputy-in-Charge
  8. David Ayvazian
  9. Chris Baker, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  10. Habib Balian, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  11. Jessica Ballady
  12. Sarah Ballog
  13. Isy Baly
  14. David Barkhurst
  15. Cyndi Barnes, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  16. Martin Bean, Deputy-in-Charge
  17. Dean Bengston
  18. Amarilla Blondia
  19. Heather Borden, Deputy-in-Charge
  20. Andrea Bouas
  21. Sera Boyadjian
  22. Karen Brako
  23. Robert Britton
  24. Christina Buckley, Head Deputy DA
  25. Matthew T. Bunnett
  26. Matthew Byrne, Deputy-in-Charge
  27. Peter Cagney, Head Deputy DA
  28. Jonlyn Callahan, Head Deputy DA
  29. Ron Carey
  30. Seth Carmack
  31. Sean Carney
  32. Martha Carrillo, Deputy-in-Charge
  33. Deanne Castorena
  34. Jamie Castro
  35. Jodi Castano
  36. Tatiana Chahoian
  37. Charles R. Chaiyarachta, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  38. Brian Chang
  39. John Chang
  40. Renee Chang
  41. Belle Chen
  42. Angie Christides
  43. June Chung
  44. May Chung, Head Deputy DA
  45. Donald Clem
  46. Val Cole, Head Deputy DA
  47. John Colello
  48. Sabrina Corsa
  49. Moira Curry
  50. Jane Creighton
  51. Anet Crocker
  52. Garrett Dameron, Deputy-in-Charge
  53. Evelis De Garmo
  54. Rose DeMattie, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  55. Lori Dery, Head Deputy DA
  56. Steve Dickman
  57. Ryan Dibble
  58. Michelle Dodd
  59. Scott Dominguez
  60. Richard Dooley
  61. Courtnee Draper
  62. Frank Dunnick
  63. Rouman Ebrahim, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  64. Scott Eisen
  65. Everett Emerson
  66. Michael Enomoto, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  67. Yasmin Fardhassemi
  68. Kaveh Faturechi
  69. Eric Feil
  70. Alison Foster, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  71. Steve Frankland, Head Deputy DA
  72. Chuck Fredgren
  73. Elizabeth French
  74. Christi Frey, Deputy-in-Charge
  75. Patrick Frey
  76. Kelly Fritz
  77. Manuel Garcia, Jr., Head Deputy DA
  78. Jack Garden
  79. Maria Ghobadi
  80. Ron Goudy
  81. Ryan Gould
  82. Robert Grace, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  83. Ed Greene
  84. Stephen Gunson
  85. Rosalba Gutierrez
  86. Van Ha
  87. Lance Hansen
  88. Rachel Hardiman
  89. Brad Harmon
  90. Holly Harpham
  91. Sean Hassett, Head Deputy DA
  92. Jon Hatami
  93. Norman Hearon
  94. Yoobin Hernandez
  95. Todd Hicks, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  96. Lisa Hitt
  97. Alexander Hogue
  98. Lou Holtz
  99. Casey Jarvis
  100. Gregory D. Jennings, Head Deputy DA
  101. Erika Jerez
  102. Nickolas Kang
  103. Alex Karkanen, Head Deputy DA
  104. Steve Katz, Head Deputy DA
  105. Christine Kee
  106. Kevin Keeland
  107. Craig Kleffman
  108. Lesley Klein, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  109. Eileen Kim
  110. Sarika Kim, Deputy-in-Charge
  111. Allyson Kimmel
  112. Hikari Kimura
  113. Laura Knight
  114. Keith Koyano
  115. Arthur Leahy
  116. Ann Lee
  117. Brenda Lee
  118. Jin Lee
  119. Geoff Lewin
  120. John Lewin
  121. Nick Liddi
  122. Brad Lieberman
  123. Alva Lin, Head Deputy DA
  124. Jodi Link
  125. Jason Lustig
  126. Shalini Manaktala
  127. Gloria Marin, Deputy-in-Charge
  128. Yael Massry, Head Deputy DA
  129. Dayan Mathai, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  130. Michael Matoba
  131. Jennifer McDonald
  132. Jessie McGrath, Deputy-in-Charge
  133. John McKinney, Deputy-in-Charge
  134. Scott McPheron
  135. Carmy Mejia
  136. Michael Michelena
  137. Ethan Milius
  138. Eugene Miyata, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  139. Margaret Moe
  140. John Morris, Head Deputy DA
  141. Negin Mostadin
  142. Amy Murphy
  143. Mary Murray
  144. Priscilla Musso, Director
  145. Danette E. Myers
  146. David Nary
  147. Mary Ann Escalante Nasser
  148. John Niedermann, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  149. Karen Nishita
  150. Shareen Nizami
  151. Lee Orquiloa
  152. Louis Parise, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  153. Amy Pellman Pentz, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  154. Annette Peterson
  155. Ian Phan, Deputy-in-Charge
  156. Mykka Piantanida, Head Deputy DA
  157. Andrea Pott, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  158. Lucrezia Pratico
  159. Monique Preoteasa
  160. Darci Purvis
  161. Richard Quinones
  162. Robert Rabbani, Deputy-in-Charge
  163. Grace Rai
  164. Maria Ramirez, Head Deputy DA
  165. Shawn Randolph, Head Deputy DA
  166. Geoff Rendon, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  167. Marguerite Rizzo, Deputy-in-Charge
  168. Joy Roberts
  169. Daniel Rochmes
  170. Caesar Rodriguez
  171. Victor Rodriguez, Head Deputy DA
  172. Brian Rosenberg
  173. Mike Ruiz
  174. Brittany Saleby
  175. Shea Sanna
  176. Frank Santoro, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  177. Gina Satriano, Head Deputy DA
  178. Brian Schirn, Head Deputy DA
  179. Ben Schwartz
  180. Alisanne Scolnik
  181. Kevin Sexton
  182. Shannon Sexton
  183. Robert Sherwood, Head Deputy DA
  184. Sergei Shubin
  185. Hailey Singh
  186. Luke Sisak
  187. Robert Song
  188. Heather Steggell
  189. Phil Stirling
  190. Emily Street, Deputy-in-Charge
  191. Tricia Swain
  192. Nick Swertlow
  193. Don Syn
  194. Leila Tahmassebi
  195. Reza Tajalli
  196. Jodi Taksar, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  197. Henry Truong
  198. Brittany Vannoy
  199. Miji Vellakkatel, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  200. Anashuri Vyas
  201. Cynthia Meagher-Walker
  202. Julianne Walker
  203. Cindy Wallace
  204. Michelle Weiske
  205. Holden Wi
  206. Ed Wiley
  207. La Chandra Wilkerson, Deputy-in-Charge
  208. Hilary Williams
  209. Ann Marie Wise, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  210. Brandon Wong
  211. Gilbert Wright, Head Deputy DA
  212. Jacob Yim, Deputy-in-Charge
  213. Todd Zink
  214. Bobby Zoumberakis

 

Former/retired Deputy District Attorneys:

  1. Joseph P. Esposito, Chief Deputy
  2. Adrian Armstrong
  3. Carol Burke, Director
  4. Mark Burnley, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  5. Michelle Burnley
  6. Kathy Cady, Deputy-in-Charge
  7. Susan Chatsworth
  8. Marcia Daniel
  9. Marc Debbaudt
  10. Greg Denton
  11. Richard Doyle, Head Deputy
  12. Sergio Gonzalez, Assistant District Attorney
  13. Eugene Hanrahan
  14. Anne Ingalls, Head Deputy DA
  15. Steve Kay, Head Deputy DA
  16. Irene Lee
  17. Kimberly Leong
  18. Darren Levin, Head Deputy DA
  19. Michael Mallano, Deputy-in-Charge
  20. Joseph A. Markus
  21. Ronda McLeod
  22. Joe Musso
  23. Susan Navas
  24. Mindy Paige
  25. Maria Palomino, Head Deputy DA
  26. Erwin Petilos
  27. Carolyn Phillips
  28. Katherine Phillips
  29. Susan Powers
  30. Judith Reif, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  31. John Rogers
  32. Alison Saros
  33. Marilyn Seymour
  34. Penny Schneider, Assistant Head Deputy DA
  35. Susan Schwartz
  36. Jennifer Snyder, Head Deputy DA
  37. Susan Tannenbaum
  38. Kristin Trutanich
  39. Barbara Turner, Deputy-in-Charge
  40. Christine Von Helmolt
  41. Kenneth Von Helmolt
  42. Lance Wong, Head Deputy DA

 

For a full list of Hochman’s endorsements, please visit: https://nathanhochman.com/endorse-nathan-hochman/

 

About Nathan Hochman:
Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, President of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission and defense attorney, is running to defeat George Gascon and become the next District Attorney of Los Angeles County. He is an Independent (No Party Preference) candidate who believes politics has no place in the D.A.’s Office. He has bipartisan support and is endorsed by the Los Angeles County Police Chiefs’ Association, the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, former District Attorney Jackie Lacey, a coalition of first responders, more than 70 elected officials and dozens of civic and business leaders. For more information about Hochman and his campaign, please visit www.NathanHochman.com.

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