Meet the District Attorney
District Attorney Arthur E. Mallory was elected as District Attorney of Churchill County in November 1998. He has been dedicated to law enforcement and criminal prosecution for 41 of his 47-year professional career.
District Attorney Mallory is a past member of the State of Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection. He also served on the State Commission on Rural Courts and the Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice in Rural Areas. Mr. Mallory also served on the Nevada Supreme Court’s Committee on Court Monitoring of Domestic Violence and has taught numerous seminars on that subject. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and various lower state and federal courts.
Earlier in life, Mr. Mallory was the District Attorney of five counties outside of Atlanta, Georgia, where he investigated and tried all homicide and death penalty cases. He is one of only a few people ever to hold the elected office of District Attorney in two different states.
Mr. Mallory served in the United States military, active duty and reserve, and the National Guard from 1970 to 1991.
In 1986, the Smithsonian Institute and the American Trial Lawyers’ Association named Mallory as one of the top prosecutors in America.
Mr. Mallory has two graduate degrees. He has taught Jury Persuasion for the American Bar Association and has been an instructor at the University of Nevada, Reno, in both the graduate and undergraduate programs, Emory law school, the National Advocacy Center and NITA.
Community Service
- Fallon Navy League, Board of Directors 1998, Vice President 2000
- Boy Scouts of America, Chairman Nominating Committee, Pony Express District 1998
- Newlands Water Protection Association, Member
- Churchill Arts Council, Member
- Fallon Rotary Club, Member, Board of Directors 1996
- Churchill County Farm Bureau, Member
- Stillwater Firearms Association, Life Member, Instructor
- Churchill Economic Development Council, Member
- University of Nevada, Cooperative Extension, Governing Board 1998 to 2004
- Moderator-Cattlemen’s Update, Fallon, NV, 1998
- Moderator-Nevada Alfalfa Symposium, Reno, NV, 1998
- NRA, life member and certified instructor
- Marine Corps League, Associate, Life member
Our Mission
Our mission is to promote justice and to protect the people of Churchill County by aggressively and fairly prosecuting those who violate the law. The Churchill County District Attorney’s Office is committed to a standard of excellence in providing our citizens with the most effective and efficient prosecution of criminal offenders in order to provide safe streets and neighborhoods in our community. We strive to enforce the law fairly, impartially, and justly while treating all victims of crime with compassion, respect, and dignity.
Office Functions
The Churchill County District Attorney’s office is mandated by law to:
- Prosecute all felonies, gross misdemeanors, and misdemeanors in Churchill County
- Advise and represent all of the county’s elected officials and departments
- Provide legal advice to county law enforcement agencies
- Provide victim and witness assistance services
In our criminal division, we represent the interests of citizens by ensuring that offenders within the county are timely charged with crimes that accurately reflect the offending conduct.
Our civil division serves the role as an in-house law firm for the county. We are the legal advisor to county commissioners and other elected officials and work closely with those officials in solving a wide range of legal problems by providing general day-to-day legal advice. This may include both informal advice and formal legal opinions; preparation, review and/or approval of resolutions, ordinances, covenants, and agreements; and representing the county in administrative hearings, judicial proceedings, and other actions.
Our legal representation also includes advising and assisting the Churchill County Juvenile Probation Office by representing that office in juvenile matters with District Court.
