Thorp elected president of state DA council, association

District 27 District Attorney Jack Thorp, who serves Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah and Wagoner Counties, has been elected President of the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council and Oklahoma District Attorneys Association for fiscal year 2024-25.

“This is an incredible honor,” Thorp said. “This organization has done great work for the people of Oklahoma. I hope to continue that work and build on what has been done by previous leadership.”

Thorp has dedicated his career to helping others. He grew up in Catoosa and served in the U.S. Navy during Operations Just Cause, Desert Shield and Desert Storm. After his honorable discharge, Thorp attended University of the Ozarks, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1996. He then studied law at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctorate in 1999.

Since that time, he has served as a criminal pros- ecutor. He was a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for six years in the Fifth District of Arkansas before returning to Oklahoma in 2005, where he served as Assistant District Attorney in Tulsa County and First Assistant District Attorney in District 27 until being appointed as District 27 District Attorney in 2017. Thorp has been selected twice as Oklahoma’s District Attorney of the Year (David L. Moss Award 2020 and 2023).

“Being able to serve the people of District 27 every day is amazing,” Thorp said. “Now, as president of DAC and ODAA, I will be able to do that on a larger scale, working with District Attorneys from across the state to ensure that Oklahoma has a strong criminal justice system that strives for justice for crime victims and holds criminals accountable for their actions.”