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Lisa Kahn
Forensic Sciences Advisor
Lisa Kahn, forensic sciences advisor to Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, was the first prosecutor in California to present DNA evidence in a criminal jury trial in 1989. Since then, Kahn has played a central role in expanding the use of forensic DNA evidence in California courtrooms. She is recognized nationally as a legal expert on the use of DNA in criminal cases.
In 1994, Kahn directed forensic testing in the case of People v. Orenthal James Simpson. She was named supervising attorney of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Forensic Sciences Section in 2000. She wrote the Sexual Assault Victims’ DNA Bill of Rights (Penal Code Section 680) and helped draft Proposition 69 – the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act of 2004. She authored the resolution declaring September “DNA Awareness Month” in California and began the annual DNA Awareness Educational Forum and Awards Luncheon in 2002.
Kahn chairs the Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee’s Proposition 69 Implementation Task Force and advocated for the creation of the Los Angeles County District Attorney Crime Laboratory Advisory Board. She was named one of California’s Lawyers of the Year and received the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women’s Humanitarian Public Service Award, Justice for Homicide Victims’ Outstanding Prosecutor Award and the California Sexual Assault Investigators Association’s Sustained Achievement in Forensic Science Award.
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