Birgit Fladager

Birgit Fladager
Stanislaus County District Attorney
Assumed office
July 11, 2006
Preceded by Jim Brazelton
Personal details
Alma mater McGeorge School of Law
Website Official website

Birgit Fladager is the current incumbent District Attorney of Stanislaus County, California. She was elected in June, 2006 and re-elected in 2010 and 2014.

Career

Birgit Fladager is the first elected female district attorney of Stanislaus County, California.[1] One of Fladager's earliest national appearances was on an episode of Forensic Files about the murder of a teenage girl by her stepfather Douglas Mouser.[2] Fladager was the deputy district attorney on the Douglas Mouser case and helped convict him.[2]

Fladager made national headlines as one of the attorneys on prosecution team for Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson.[3][4][5] Fladager was later in the news again for not retrying corruption charages against the Modesto mayor Carmen Sabatino (in 2006)[6] and retrying Greg Souliotes for arson in 2013 (the arson case took 16 years to get to that point).[7] Fladager was involved in the Aruna Chopra case which was noted for its circus like atmosphere.[8][9]

Fladagar endured false retaliation claims against her alleged by defense attorney Douglas Maner (Fladager's former employee).[10] In 2018, there was controversy about an admission that Fladager made regarding her works in the DA's office.[11] while years earlier she also had a similar controversy due to her initiated boycotts of certain judges[12]

Electoral history

Stanislaus County, California District Attorney

In 2018 it was announced that Patrick Kolasinski would challenge Fladager in the District Attorney race.[13]. In her bid for her forth term,[14] Fladager is supported by the Modesto Police due to her work with them over the years.[15]. Fladager has been known throughout her later career to have a 'ground zero' approach to car thieves.[16]

Fladager recently was elected as the President of the Assembly Appropriations Committee[17][18]


References

  1. ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UQe_7oMf1_gJ:www.mcgeorge.edu/Birgit_Fladager.htm+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
  2. 1 2 "Woman claimed to be victim of storm to get aid from Red Cross". Modesto Bee. Modesto Bee. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sharon Rocha Goes 'On the Record'". Fox News. Fox News. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  4. ↑ https://people.com/crime/scott-peterson-prosecutors-speak-out-on-upcoming-dateline-he-wanted-a-different-life/
  5. ↑ "THE PETERSON TRIAL / Observers praise officer's testimony / 8 days on stand provide overview of prosecution's case". SF Gate. SF Gate. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Corruption charges against ex-Modesto mayor dropped". SF Gate. SF Gate. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Modesto prosecutors to retry 72-year-old man in arson-murder case". LA Times. LA Times. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "POWERHOUSE DEVELOPER, DR. ARUNA CHOPRA". CNN (Ireport). CNN. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Lenders sue over money to build Modesto 'lifestyle center'". Tmcnet. Tmcnet (via Modesto Bee). Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Political retaliation lawsuit against Stanislaus DA's Office thrown out". Modesto Bee. Modesto Bee. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sparks fly after a startling admission by DA Fladager". Backstory. Backstory. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Carson vs Fladager, by Bruce Frohman". Valley Citizen. Valley Citizen. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "District Attorney Birgit Fladager will have competition in 2018 election". Modesto Bee. Modesto Bee. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "District Attorney Birgit Fladager has convincing election lead, appears". Modesto Bee. Modesto Bee. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "ODESTO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ENDORSES BIRGIT FLADAGER FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY". Modesto Police. Modesto Police. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "DA: Send car thieves to prison". Merced Sun Star. Merced Sun Star. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "California considers limiting broad 'felony murder' law". LA Times. LA Times. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "California legislature considers limiting broad 'felony murder' law". Mercury News. Mercury News. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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