Tim Harris | |
|---|---|
| Tulsa County District Attorney | |
| In office January 1998 – December 31, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Charles L. "Chuck" Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Steve Kunzweiler |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Oral Roberts University (J.D.) |
Tim Harris is an American attorney and politician who served as the District Attorney for Tulsa County from January 1999 to December 31, 2014. Before his election in 1998, Harris had worked as a prosecutor for the Tulsa County District Attorney's office and briefly served as the interim District Attorney for Tulsa County between the death of David L. Moss and the appointment of Bill LaFortune in 1995. In the late 2010s and early 2020s, Harris's tenure received new attention after some of the convictions from his tenure were overturned, including being a subject in an episode of Dateline NBC.
Harris has twice campaigned for another office since leaving the District Attorney's office: first for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district in 2018 and later for Tulsa Public Schools school board in 2022. He his now the chief council for the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.[1]