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Fani T. Willis

District Attorney

Fani T. Willis is the District Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, the state’s largest county and the home to over one million Georgians. It is home to most of the City of Atlanta, as well as many of the city’s suburban communities, including Sandy Springs, the City of South Fulton and several smaller communities north and south of Atlanta. She is the first woman to serve in the position.

Don Geary

Legal Counsel for the District Attorney

Don Geary came to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office from private practice at the Geary Law Firm in Lawrenceville Georgia. He was in private practice from December 2016 to May 2021, with a focus on criminal and domestic law.

George Jenkins

Executive District Attorney - Trial Division

George A. Jenkins, Jr is a seasoned trial attorney with more than twenty (20) years of criminal litigation experience and a record of excellence in both trial and appellate advocacy.

Daysha Young

Executive District Attorney - Special Victims Division

In 2021, Daysha rejoined the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office as the Executive Director of the Special Victims Unit. She is an experienced trial attorney who has expertise in trying cases involving homicides, sexual assault, child sexual and physical abuse, domestic violence, and vulnerable citizens of the community.

Michael Scott Carlson

Executive District Attorney - Major Crimes Division

Mike Carlson holds a Martindale-Hubbell attorney rating of “AV Preeminent,” reserved for “attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.”

Dexter Bond

Deputy District Attorney - Operations Division

Dexter Q. Bond, Jr., a native of Washington, D.C., is a government attorney with over 10 years of experience that expands local, state, federal and international affairs.

Jeff DiSantis

Deputy District Attorney - Media Relations Division

Jeff DiSantis is the Deputy District Attorney overseeing the Media Relations Unit. In that role, he is responsible for keeping the public informed of the work of the District Attorney and the issues the office is handling that are of importance to the people of Fulton County.

Capers Green

Chief of Investigations

Before he began his career with Fulton County District Attorney’s Office in September 2013, Chief Capers Green served 9 years at the Henry County Police Department. Green also served as an officer with the City of Decatur and Emory Police Department in Decatur, GA from 2002 to 2006.

Natalie Zellner

Deputy District Attorney - Programs, Grants, and Intergovernmental Relations

Natalie is an attorney with over 20 years’ experience in government, nonprofits and the private sector.

Tia Green

Deputy Executive Assistant to the District Attorney

Tia is a meticulous, task-driven Executive Assistant with over 18 years of administrative experience managing office operations. Equipped with expertise in management, project coordination and the ability to facilitate all aspects of internal and external communications makes her an invaluable asset to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.

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28 - Sep

Atlanta’s First Black Female District Attorney Is at the Center of America's Converging Crises

So much of what is ugly and unhinged about America can be seen in the eyes of a mother whose 8-year-old is dead. But, on a Tuesday in August, at Atlanta’s downtown courthouse, that’s where Fulton County, Ga.’s district attorney, Fani Willis, is looking.

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14 - Aug

Fulton County joins effort to restrict criminal records, opening job and housing opportunities

Fulton County has joined Cobb County in hosting criminal record restriction and expungement open houses to clear records as part of new "Second Chance" legislation.

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05 - Aug

'Behave in a way that is safe' | Fulton DA, federal officials provide update Piedmont Park stabbing

Fulton County officials joined law enforcement on Thursday afternoon to update the public on the Piedmont Park stabbing case. District Attorney Fani Wills, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat, acting United States Attorney Kurt Erskine, and others in law enforcement spoke at the county courthouse around 2 p.m.

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21 - Jul

EXCLUSIVE: Cherokee prosecutors near plea deal with spa shooting suspect, Fulton DA says

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Wednesday that she has been informed the Cherokee County case involving Robert Aaron Long, charged with multiple counts of murder following shootings at three metro Atlanta spas on March 16, is expected to be resolved at an arraignment next week.

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10 - May

Fulton DA says police shooting cases to be resolved

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who took office in January after soundly defeating her former boss, Paul Howard, said her office is making progress in tackling a massive backlog of roughly 11,000 cases.

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19 - Apr

Fulton integrity unit exonerates first wrongly convicted defendant

On April 14, after more than 18 years in prison, Stinchcomb walked out of custody a free man, the first person exonerated by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unit.

17 - Mar

Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump hires new evidence expert

The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump, Fani Willis, is beefing up her office with a new evidence expert, according to a source familiar with the situation.

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19 - Feb

New Fulton DA balances Trump probe, massive local workload

The Fulton County District Attorney’s office was in disarray when Fani Willis arrived the first week of January. Her six-term predecessor and former boss, Paul Howard, had refused to speak to her during the transition. Staffers were on edge. And then there were the hundreds of brown file boxes.

04 - Jan

You Can Call Her Madam DA; Fani Willis on Making History As Fulton County’s First Woman District Attorney

“From being a very, very little girl until I sit here today, there was never anything I’ve ever wanted to do but practice law or sit on the bench,” Fulton County’s newest district attorney (DA) Fani Willis explains.