Josh Marquis has been District Attorney of Clatsop County (Astoria)
Oregon, since 1994. He is a former president of the Oregon District
Attorney's Association and has served on the Board of Directors of the
National District Attorneys Association since 1997.

A graduate of the University of Oregon's Honors College and Law School,
he has worked as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles, speechwriter to
California's Attorney General, and in his 18 months as a criminal defense
lawyer represented three defendants in capital murder cases.  

Josh is an active Democrat, serving as a delegate to the 1996 Democratic
National Convention. He serves on numerous local committees and was
appointed by Oregon's Governor and confirmed by the State Senate as a
member of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. He serves on the
Board of Directors of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the University of
Oregon Law School Alumni Association.  

He is a frequent guest on national radio and television programs
discussing the criminal justice system and is in great demand as a speaker
on the nature of the relationship between popular culture, the media and
the law. He has been invited to speak at venues from the United States
Senate, to the European Parliament, to the Mexican Reviera, to Evansville,
Indiana and many other cities.

A more detailed profile appears on the NDAA website.   
About JOSH MARQUIS