Clatsop County, Oregon
Joshua K. Marquis, District Attorney
Joshua K. Marquis is the elected District Attorney in Clatsop County, on Oregon’s North Coast. Before being appointed and then elected District Attorney, he was the Chief Deputy to other Oregon counties. He also served as speechwriter to former California Attorney General John Van de Kamp, and worked as a reporter and columnist for the Los Angeles Daily Journal newspaper. He is cochair of the Media Committee on the Board of the National District Attorneys Association and also Vice-President of the Oregon District Attorneys Association. The following is from testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during June 13, 2000, hearings…
