Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Office of the Bucks County District Attorney

Joe Khan is the 35th District Attorney of Bucks County. As D.A. he oversees a staff of over 100 dedicated attorneys, detectives and other law enforcement professionals who are dedicated to justice, safety and fairness for all. 

After earning degrees from the University of Chicago Law School and Swarthmore College, D.A. Khan began his prosecutorial career in 2000 as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, where he received national recognition for his commitment to prosecuting sexual assault. He then served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where he received the FBI Director’s Award for prosecuting violent crime across southeastern Pennsylvania and leading the historic City Hall corruption probes in Allentown and Reading. In 2020, he was appointed by a bipartisan board of Bucks County Commissioners as Bucks County’s first full-time Solicitor. Building the modern day Bucks County Law Department, he pioneered new approaches to protecting the County and received the Outstanding Solicitor Award from the County Commissioners Association of PA for “redefining the role of County Solicitor.”  

D.A. Khan was sworn in as Bucks County District Attorney on January 5, 2026 after receiving more votes for that office than any candidate in history and becoming the first Asian-American ever elected to a Pennsylvania row office. He has received many honors for his public service, including the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s award for Government Attorney of the Year. D.A. Khan chairs the Bucks County Criminal Justice Advisory Board, and is an active member of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and the Bucks County Police Chiefs Association. He lives in Doylestown with his two children.

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