Rockingham County Attorney’s Office

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National District Attorneys Association Elects Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams

as President

L-R:  Christopher Chiles, Cabell County (WV) Prosecuting Attorney and Chairman of the Board of NDAA passes the gavel to incoming President Jim Reams, Rockingham County (NH) Attorney

Brentwood - County Attorney Jim Reams announced today that the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) - the organization that represents America's state and local prosecutors - announced the election of Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully as president-elect of the organization on July 11, 2010.

NDAA has about 7000 paid members and represents the interests of more than 30,000 prosecutors across America.

Scully was elected at NDAA's annual conference held this year in Napa, California. Scully will assume the presidency in July 2011.

New Hampshire prosecutor Jim Reams of Rockingham County, N.H. was handed the gavel as the new president for the 2010-11 term of office. Reams, who has served as Rockingham County Attorney for 12 years and has served on the NDAA's Board of Directors since 2002 explained that NDAA "is the voice of the men and women who handle about 95% of the criminal prosecutions in the nation, ranging from shoplifting to murder cases." Reams went on to explain that NDAA continues to be in the forefront of innovative ways of helping prevent crime and find new ways to respond to particularly difficult issues that affect communities ranging from drug courts to witness intimidation. Reams served first as a state delegate, then Vice President, and then Treasurer of NDAA.

Scully has been the elected District Attorney in 1994 after serving more than 15 years in that office as a Deputy D.A. In 2005 Scully was elected President of the California District Attorneys Association at which time she started serving on NDAA's Board of Directors where she was serving as Vice President. The NDAA does not automatically advance officers to the presidency and Scully will be the first female president of NDAA since it was founded in 1950.

NDAA's headquarters is in Alexandria Virginia and the organization operates as education division at the National Advocacy Center on the grounds of the University of South Carolina Law School in Columbia, South Carolina.

Visit NDAA at www.ndaa.org