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Devallis Rutledge
Special Counsel to the District Attorney
Devallis Rutledge advises and assists Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley on matters involving litigation, procedure, legislation and policy. He has significant experience serving in law enforcement as a Santa Ana police officer, a prosecutor for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and a commissioner and chairman of the Peace Officer Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission. He also spent five years in private practice with the law firm Manning & Marder, where he defended prosecutors, peace officers and their agencies in federal civil rights lawsuits. Rutledge has appeared in federal district court and argued numerous cases before the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, he has successfully briefed significant constitutional cases in the California and U.S. Supreme Courts.
A nationally recognized expert in interrogation and search and seizure law, Rutledge has taught criminal law and procedure to thousands of police officers and prosecutors at numerous universities and programs throughout the United States. Rutledge has written a dozen criminal justice books, published more than 100 articles and 800 training bulletins, and presented more than 900 roll-call video training programs. He received his A.B. in philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
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