Joseph P. Esposito

Joseph Esposito has led a distinguished career as a prosecutor in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office since 1989. Currently Chief Deputy District Attorney, the second-highest ranking position in the office, he is responsible for the day-to-day operations, including supervision of the office’s nearly 1,000 attorneys, 300 peace officers, and 800 support staff members. He previously served as the Assistant District Attorney in charge of Special Operations, Director of the Bureau of Specialized Prosecutions, Head Deputy in the Major Narcotics Division, Assistant Head Deputy of the Hardcore Gang Division, Special Assistant in the Bureau of Central Operations, and Felony Trial Deputy in the Hate Crimes Suppression Unit and Central Trials. Professor Esposito has been recognized for his outstanding skills in the courtroom by such entities as the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, and Justice for Homicide Victims who named him as Prosecutor of the Decade in 1999. In 2010 he was awarded California Prosecutor of the Year by the California Narcotics Officers Association. Professor Esposito was again recognized in 2016 by the Fidler Criminal Justice Institute at Loyola Law School as Prosecutor of the Year. Professor Esposito has been serving as a board member of the California Homicide Investigators Association since 2014 where he was the first and only prosecutor ever named to the CHIA Board in its 46-year history.