San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office: Ensuring Equal Justice; Deputy District Attorney Jacob Guerard

Press release from San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office:

May 5, 2021

Deputy District Attorney Jacob Guerard was sworn in on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 by District Attorney Jason Anderson.

Jacob first entered the legal profession while in law school as a student clerk for the Honorable Katrina West, Judge of the San Bernardino County Superior Court, advising and drafting opinions on Petitions for Writs of Habeas Corpus. Mr. Guerard has also worked as a Summer Certified Law Clerk at the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, as an Associate at Maline & McGee, LLP, as an Associate and Lead Research Attorney at the Law Office of James McGee, PLC, and also as an attorney with Inland Defenders (San Bernardino Conflict Panel). As a defense attorney, Jacob gained invaluable experience representing clients in all manner of cases, including homicide, capital murder, domestic violence, violent felonies, Three-Strikes cases, gang-related crimes, driving under the influence cases, civil harassment restraining orders, and post-conviction expungements and appeals.

Now joining the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, Jacob hopes to give back to the community that raised him. Firmly believing that all persons from all walks of life deserve equal treatment under the law, Jacob will work diligently to not only advocate on behalf of the victims of crime, but safeguard the rights and protections of the accused.

“As a defense attorney, I found the attorneys with this office to be some of the most courteous and ethical prosecutors in California, and now I have the privilege of joining them.”  – DDA Jacob Guerard 

Jacob is thrilled to join the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office and it honored to serve the women, children, and men of our county.

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