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Michael D. Schrunk

Michael D. Schrunk has been the elected District Attorney in Multnomah County, Oregon, since 1981. Multnomah County encompasses the largest metropolitan area in the State of Oregon and has a population of 672,161. The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office has over 200 staff members, including 90 attorneys. In 2005 the office reviewed 31,752 criminal cases. It issued 6,906 felony cases and 15,724 misdemeanor cases.

Mr. Schrunk is a graduate of the University of Oregon Law School. He has extensive experience in prosecution of criminal cases and, while in private practice, represented plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation and defended criminal cases. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam and is past president of the Multnomah County Bar Association and the Oregon District Attorney's Association.

Mr. Schrunk has been a leader in several innovative justice initiatives: the Neighborhood District Attorney Program in 1990; the Drug Court in 1991; and Portland's Community Court Project in 1998. He currently chairs the Regional Organized Crime Narcotics Task Force and is a member of Multnomah County's Public Safety Coordinating Council. He has served as a lecturer for the National College of District Attorneys, the National Advocacy Center, the American Prosecutor's Research Institute, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. He has provided articles and reviews for the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Institute of Justice. Mr. Schrunk is the recipient of several national awards including the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Service Award for Community Leadership.