D.A.Charles J.Hynes
KINGS COUNTY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Charles J. Hynes is serving his fifth term as the District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. A graduate of St. John’s University School of Law, his public service is extensive: as a public defender and as a Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney; in 1975 as Special State Prosecutor to investigate nursing home fraud, creating a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that became a national model; in 1980 as Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department; and from 1983 to 1985 as a Commissioner for the New York State Commission of Investigation. In 1985 District Attorney Hynes was appointed as Special State Prosecutor for the New York City Criminal Justice System, later prosecuting the murder of Michael Griffith in Howard Beach, Queens. Since 1983, District Attorney Hynes continues to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees for the New York State Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection; the American Bar Association; the ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions; First Vice Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section and recipient of their 2005 “Minister of Justice Award;” and a Vice President of the National District Attorneys Association. He co-authored “Incident at Howard Beach” and contributed to “The Regulation of Nursing Homes: A Case Study.” His first novel, “Triple Homicide,” was published in 2007. District Attorney Hynes is also an Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at St. John‚s University, Fordham University and Brooklyn Law School.