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David Roger
200 Lewis Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89101
(702) 671-2500

As Clark County’s top prosecutor, District Attorney David Roger leads the largest and busiest law firm in the state.

David manages a $65 million budget and more than 700 attorneys and support personnel who handle approximately 65,000 cases annually. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, David takes on several cases every year.

For example, in recent years David prosecuted and won convictions against:

• O.J. Simpson for an armed robbery of sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel

• Beau and Monique Maestas, a brother and sister who brutally attacked two young girls

• James Scholl, who set a cab driver on fire during a robbery

• Moises Araujo-Amaya for robbery and attempted murder of a police officer

David is a longtime Las Vegan who graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in 1979. He went on to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he majored in accounting and graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, and then went to law school.

After graduating from California Western School of Law in San Diego in 1986, David returned to Las Vegas, passed the Nevada Bar Exam and went to work as a law clerk for then-Clark County District Court judges Stephen L. Huffaker and Paul Goldman.

In 1987, David was recruited by the District Attorney’s Office and became a deputy district attorney. He was soon assigned to the Major Violators Unit, where David prosecuted career criminals and murderers, and rose to chief deputy district attorney.

David was first elected Clark County District Attorney in 2002, and was re-elected four years later.

During his more than 22-year career as a prosecutor, David has handled thousands of cases and approximately 70 jury trials, including 38 that were murder trials.

David has also received significant recognition from his peers in the legal community. In the Martindale – Hubbell legal guide David has the "AV" rating, which is the highest rating for professional and ethical standards. He was also named one of the Outstanding Young Men of America in 1987.

In addition, David is a member of the Nevada Bar Association, the Clark County Bar Association and the Nevada Prosecutors Advisory Council. He is the current director of the National District Attorneys Association, is a member and past president of the Nevada District Attorneys Association, and is a fellow at the American College of Trial Lawyers.

David is also licensed to practice before the U. S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and all Nevada federal and state courts.