Our Office
The Harris County District Attorney’s office investigates and prosecutes approximately 110,000 criminal cases annually. The Office employs close to 300 Assistant District Attorneys and approximately 300 support staff, including investigators and paralegals.
The Office’s jurisdiction is coextensive with Harris County. Harris County continues to be the nation’s third most populous county with an estimated four million residents.
The structure of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office is as follows:
District Attorney
Patricia R. Lykos
First Assistant
Jim Leitner
Public Services and Infrastructure Bureau
- Intake Division
- Public Information Office
- Information Systems Technology
- Human Resources & Budget Division
- Central Records
- Victims Rights Division
- Check Fraud Division
Hannah Chow
Governmental Integrity Bureau
- Public Integrity Division
- Police Integrity Division
- Grand Jury Division
Steve Morris
Special Prosecutions Bureau
- Financial Crimes Division
- Identity Theft Section
- Consumer Protection Section
- Public Assistance Fraud Division
- Major Offender Division
- Digital Forensic Investigations
- Vehicular Crimes Section
- Animal Cruelty Section
- Fugitive Apprehension Section
- Environmental Crimes Division
Joni Vollman
Office of General Counsel
- General Litigation Division
- Bond Forfeiture Division
- Appellate Division
- Asset Forfeiture Division
- Post Conviction Writs
John Barnhill
Trial Bureau
- Its principal responsibility is prosecuting felony cases in 22 district courts and three juvenile courts
Maria McAnulty
Professional Development, Community Protection & Ethics Bureau
- Misdemeanor Division - 15 County Criminal Courts at Law and 16 Justice of the Peace Courts
- Crimes Against Children Division
- Family Criminal Law Division
- Child Exploitation Section
- Protection of the Elderly and Disability Section
- Mental Health Section
Roger Bridgwater
Investigators
Chief Investigator Don McWilliams
The Post Conviction Review Section and Extradition Administrator report directly to the First Assistant