Gerald Shea is an American attorney who served as

District Attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, county prosecutor, state attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer represen ...

for

San Luis Obispo County, California San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a County (United States), county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo ...

from 1998 to 2013. Born in the

San Diego County, California San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Cen ...

, area, Shea received his BA in English from

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in 1971. He received his J.D. degree from

Loyola Law School Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Jesuit university in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920. Academics Degrees offered include the Juris Doctor (JD); Master of Science in Legal ...

in Los Angeles in 1974. For the next three years, Shea worked for the

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's Office in Los Angeles as Deputy Attorney General. In 1977, Shea became the Deputy District Attorney for San Luis Obispo County . On June 2, 1998. Shea was elected District Attorney. He replaced Barry LaBarbera. Shea ran unopposed for re-election in 2002 and 2006. On November 18, 2013, Shea announced that he would not seek reelection to a fifth term.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shea, Gerald Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from San Diego County, California People from San Luis Obispo County, California San Diego State University alumni Loyola Law School alumni District attorneys in California