Carmen Anthony Trutanich (born August 12, 1951 in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California.[1] He grew up in the South Los Angeles town of San Pedro where he attended elementary and high school. After receiving his MBA from the University of Southern California, Nuch worked in the tuna industry for StarKist FDS. He attended night school at South Bay University College of Law. Trutanich worked as a prosecutor on behalf on Los Angeles County before forming his own firm.[2] Trutanich is a founding partner of the law firm Trutanich & Michel. Although Trutanich's ballot title is "environmental attorney", the Los Angeles Times stated in 2009 that some of his past clients have been polluters.[3] In 2009, Trutanich replaced Rocky Delgadillo as Los Angeles' City Attorney by defeating Jack Weiss and winning the 2009 Los Angeles City Attorney Election on May 19, 2009. His campaign had received endorsements from the Los Angeles Times,[4] Los Angeles Daily News,[5] California Leader Magazine,[6] and Daily Breeze.[7][8] His term started on July 1, 2009.[9] [edit] References - ^ Reston, Maeve; Zahniser, David (May 20, 2009), "In early returns, Weiss trails Trutanich in city attorney's race", Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-city20-2009may20,0,7004158.story
- ^ "Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich: Candidate for City Attorney", NBC Los Angeles, February 20, 2009, http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Carmen-Nuch-Trutanich.html
- ^ Reston, Maeve (February 26, 2009), "Trutanich sticks to a simple theme", Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trutanich26-2009feb26,0,5595879.story
- ^ "Trutanich for L.A. city attorney", Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2009, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-ed-cityattorney15-2009feb15,0,6394007.story
- ^ "People's lawyer: Trutanich for city attorney", Los Angeles Daily News, http://www.dailynews.com/ci_11786096
- ^ "A Tru earthquake is coming to L.A. City Hall!", California Leader Magazine, February 16, 2009, http://www.californialeader.com/a-tru-earthquake
- ^ "Elect 'The people's lawyer'", The Daily Breeze, February 25, 2009, http://www.dailybreeze.com/editorial/ci_11787696
- ^ Zahniser, David (May 21, 2009), "LA County's elections winners and losers", Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-winlose21-2009may21,0,5276199.story, retrieved May 22, 2009
- ^ Orlov, Rick (20 May 2009), City Attorney-elect Carmen Trutanich surprised by decisive win over Councilman Jack Weiss, Los Angeles Daily News, http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_12413784, retrieved 22 May 2009
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