Thomas Spota | |
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District Attorney of Suffolk County | |
In office January 1, 2002 – November 10, 2017 | |
Preceded by | James M. Catterson, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Emily Constant |
Constituency | Suffolk County, New York |
Personal details | |
Born | 1941 (age 82–83) New York, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Fairfield University (BA) St. John's University (JD) |
Thomas J. Spota III (born 1941) is a former American attorney and politician, who served as the District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York, serving from 2002 to late 2017, but was disbarred on June 10, 2020.[1] Spota resigned November 10, 2017, after he was indicted on federal charges of obstruction of justice in the investigation of Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke.[2][3][4] Spota was subsequently found guilty and sentenced to five years in federal prison and fined $100,000.[5]