We covet the opportunity to discuss our experience and effectiveness with your municipality. Attorney: The Law Office of Zach V. Thomas: 2014 - Present: Assistant District Defender: Johnson County Public Defender's Office: 2012 - 2014: Associate Attorney: Franke Schultz & Mullen PC: 2011 - 2012: Associate: The Ronan Law Firm: 2009 - 2011 This is what motivated me to run for Johnson County District Attorney. 07/05/2020 . After graduating from Vanderbilt with a double major in Political Science and Spanish, I returned home to Kansas where I attended the University of Kansas School of Law.

Our comment section is reserved for subscribers. Another positive step was the acquisition of body cameras by all Johnson County law enforcement agencies. The District Attorney is responsible for making a decision regarding whether the shooting was justified, or alternatively, whether to file a criminal case. Thoughts and prayers to the Mosher Family as well as the entire Overland Park Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 21 family.

These two factors help build faith in the process of the investigations. Currently Zachor & Thomas provides legal services to 9 cities and has built the internal capacity to expand throughout Western Washington.

City of Edmonds City of Sultan © Post Publishing Inc 2010-2020 But as I practiced in jurisdictions outside of Johnson County, I was also able to observe how different prosecution policies could ease or exacerbate that burden for everyone involved. Get directions. In 2005, then District Attorney Paul Morrison started the Officer Involved Shooting Incident Team that Johnson County utilizes to investigate use of force situations. Performance & security by Cloudflare, Please complete the security check to access. City of Monroe City of Mill Creek The Law Office of Zach V. Thomas . Chad W. Krepps Formed in 2004, Zachor & Thomas excels at serving cities with cost effective prosecuting services with the primary focus on justice, financial prudence, and law and order. $0.00 ... Zach Thomas For JoCo District Attorney 142 N Cherry St Olathe, Kansas 66061, US. — For the first time in 12 years, there will be a contested race for Johnson County District Attorney now that a Democratic challenger has emerged. The issue in the John Albers case is that following Steve Howe’s determination that the shooting was justified, he released a statement that was contradicted by video evidence, and later, by a civil court. It's time for a District attorney that reduces crime versus allowing YOY increases in JoCo. We’ll be publishing the candidates’ responses to one item per day each day this week. Currently Zachor & Thomas provides legal services to 9 cities and has built the internal capacity to expand throughout Western Washington. I believe that the people of Johnson County deserve to utilize progressive, evidence-based practices to implement smarter prosecution policies and to relieve the burden that punishment based systems put on the tax payers, victims and each citizen living and working in Johnson County.