- Thomas Spota
Infobox_Politician (general)
name = Thomas J. Spota III
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alma_mater = Fairfield, B.A.
St. John's Law, J.D.
title =District Attorney of Suffolk County
term_start =2001
term_end = incumbent
predecessor = James M. Catterson Jr.
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constituency =Suffolk County, New York
party = DemocraticThomas J. Spota III is currently the District Attorney of
Suffolk County, New York .Education
Spota grew up in New Hyde Park, and graduated from
Chaminade High School in Mineola. He earned degrees atFairfield University in Connecticut and St. John's University School of Law in Queens. [ [http://contentsquad.typepad.com/marty_tankleff_blog/files/spotlight_on_da_thomas_spota.pdf Spotlight on DA Thomas Spota] ]Law career
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Spota worked as a Suffolk prosecutor under District Attorney Patrick Henry. He then entered private law practice in Suffolk, representing clients including the Suffolk Detectives Association and other law enforcement unions. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E1D71130F931A35752C1A9679C8B63 For D.A. in Suffolk and Westchester] ]
District Attorney of Suffolk County
Spota has been the
District Attorney since 2001, when he defeated three-time incumbent James M. Catterson Jr. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E2D71039F934A35752C1A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 THE 2001 ELECTIONS: NASSAU COUNTY; Suozzi Wins Easily in Rebuke of Nassau's G.O.P. Machine] ] He would be reelected in 2006 without any opposition. [ [http://www.amityvillerecord.com/news/2006/0118/Front_Page/048.html Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas J. Spota sworn in] ]Personal
He lives in Mount Sinai and is married with three grown children.
References
See also
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List of District Attorneys by county
*Martin Tankleff External links
* [http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/da/index.html Suffolk District Attorney's office]
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