The DA's Office
Bonnie M. Dumanis
District Attorney
Elected November 2002. Took office January 2003.
Meet the DA
Jesse Rodriguez
Assistant District Attorney
Second in command, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the District Attorney's Office, oversees the Chief Deputy District Attorneys, Special Operations Division and Restitution Enforcement/Victim Services Division. Rodriguez joined the DA's Office in January 2003 after serving 16 years as a Superior Court Judge, 10 of those years as Supervising Judge at San Diego County's South Bay Courthouse.
Mark Pettine
Chief Deputy District Attorney -- Central Operations
Oversees the Case Issuing/Extraditions, Pretrial/Disposition and Superior Court Divisions. Pettine joined the DA's Office in 1976 as a Deputy District Attorney after graduating from the University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law.
Julie Korsmeyer
Chief Deputy District Attorney -- Special Units
Oversees the Family Protection, Special Operations, Sex Crimes/Stalking, Insurance Fraud, Economic Crimes Divisions and the office's travel budget. Korsmeyer joined the DA's Office in 1988 after serving as a police officer in Colorado. She was previously the Chief of the Special Operations Division. She graduated from The University of Denver School of Law.
Jeff B. Dusek
Chief Deputy District Attorney -- Special Units
Oversees the Cold Homicide, Gangs, Narcotics and Appellate Divisions. Dusek joined the office in 1977 after graduating from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, VA. He used to play professional minor league baseball.
Dan Lamborn
Chief Deputy District Attorney - Branches
Oversees the North County, East County, South Bay Branches and the Juvenile Division. Lamborn joined the DA's Office in 1983. He was previously the Chief of the Superior Court Division and East County Branch. He graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Cheryl Ruffier
Chief, Employee Relations
Oversees Personnel, Training and Payroll. Ruffier joined the DA's Office in January 2003 after 26 years as a civil attorney specializing in employment law in San Diego. She is a past president of Lawyers Club and formerly Vice President of the San Diego County Bar Association.
Michelle Bush
Chief, Administrative Services
Oversees Financial Services and participates in coordination of Employee Relations. Bush joined the DA's Office in September 2006. She graduated from San Diego State with a degree in Accounting and she is also a CPA. Previously Bush was employed by San Diego County for nine years with three different departments, including the office of the Auditor and Controller and the Countys Technology Office.
Arlene Smith
Assistant Chief, Administrative Services
Manages budget development, accounting functions and trust funds, travel, equipment inventory, facilities, procurement, grants and revenue sources, and all financial reporting. Smith joined the DA's Office in November 2004 after nine years at the San Diego County Office of the Public Defender. She has been with San Diego County since 1979 in various departments.
Gail Stewart
Special Assistant, Legislation
Policy advisor on governmental affairs. She is also responsible for special projects. Gail joined the DA's Office in January 2003, leaving her Media and Public Relations Consulting business. Gail served as a journalist in the San Diego market for 17 years working as a radio anchor/reporter and as a TV investigative reporter for a local network affiliate. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UCSD.
Paul Levikow
Communications Director
Oversees all internal and external communication for the District Attorney's Office. Editor of Law Enforcement Quarterly, manages media relations, including reporter inquiries, news releases and organizing news conferences, oversees content for the DA's public web site and internal intranet site, responds to public inquiries, special events planning including the annual Citizens of Courage Awards Luncheon. Levikow joined the DA's Office in 2003 after 20 years in print, TV and radio news in San Diego.
Steve Walker
Deputy Communications Director
Provides information to the media on individual cases and overall office policy in Communications Director's absence. Editor of the Annual Report and contributor to Law Enforcement Quarterly. Writes and publishes news releases, organizes news conferences, and manages content for the DAs public website and internal intranet site. Writes speeches. Responds to public inquiries, provides media training, and oversees special event planning. Walker joined the DAs office in 2006. He has more than 20 years television news experience including work at NBC News and as an embedded journalist during the Iraq war.
Jesse Navarro
Community Relations Officer
Oversees the DA's Community Advisory Board, represents the DA at various community and civic events, liaison to community, governmental agencies and business organizations, organizes the DA's town hall meetings, special projects, and provides interviews for Spanish speaking news media. Navarro joined the DA's Office in January 2003 after 12 years as a small business owner, participating on numerous local and state boards and commissions and 15 years in law enforcement in San Diego.
Jeffery Anderson
Community Relations Officer
Oversees the DA's Literacy Intervention, Mentor and Reentry Programs and Community Advisory Board, Represents the DA at city council and community council meetings, participates in community collaborations. Anderson joined the DA's Office in 2003 after serving as a Substance Abuse Assessor for the San Diego County Court System.
Ron Moskowitz
Chief Information Officer
Oversees the Information Technology Department and Trial Support Services which provide support for servers, networks, desktop computers, laptops, handheld devices, application development, animation, web and graphic design. He establishes and directs the strategic long term objectives, policies, and procedures by aligning technology with business goals. Moskowitz joined the DA's Office in April 2008. He graduated from California State University Fullerton with a degree in Philosophy and he also has an MBA in Technology Management. Previously, Moskowitz was employed by Orange County as the Chief Information Security Officer.
Paula Robinson
Chief, Bureau of Investigation
Oversees the law enforcement component of the District Attorney's Office, including eight divisions and four branch offices. Robinson joined the DAs Office in September 2006 from the San Diego County Sheriffs Department where she served as Assistant Sheriff of Court Services. Her 29 previous years in law enforcement in San Diego County also included serving as a SDPD Officer and Deputy County Marshal where she earned the rank of Captain. She served as the Chief of Police for Del Mar, Solana Beach and Encinitas (in 2002-2003) as the Encinitas Station Captain.
Carlos "Chico" Gonzalez
Assistant Chief, Bureau of Investigation
Directs the daily operations of the Bureau of Investigation and assists the Bureau Chief in overseeing the administrative matters of the Bureau. Gonzalez joined the DA's office as an investigator in 1990 after 15 years with the National City Police Department and 5 years as a Criminal Investigator in the U.S. Army.
Robert "Butch" Etheridge
Deputy Chief, Bureau of Investigation
Oversees the Range, Training, DA's Office Fleet, the California Witness Protection/Relocation Program, the Public Assistance Office, special projects and administrative matters for the Bureau of Investigation. Etheridge joined the DA's office in 2002 after 30 years with the FBI.