Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Office of the Bucks County District Attorney

Joe Khan was sworn in as Bucks County District Attorney on January 5, 2026.

Mr. Khan began his career prosecuting rape, child abuse, and domestic violence as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia and received national recognition for his commitment to combatting sexual assault. He then served for a decade 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 to lead the Law Department as Bucks County’s first full-time Solicitor. During his tenure he was honored as the Government Attorney of the Year by the Pennsylvania Bar Association and received the Outstanding Solicitor Award from the County Commissioners Association of PA for “redefining the role of County Solicitor.”  

In addition to overseeing all litigation for the County, Mr. Khan built partnerships with District Attorneys, Solicitors, and others to protect voting rights, consumers, and the environment through cutting edge litigation, including the first county lawsuit against social media companies for fueling a youth mental health crisis. He and his team also successfully drafted innovative laws to fight corruption, fraud, and human trafficking, all of which were enacted on a bipartisan basis. Most recently, Mr. Khan was a partner at Curtin and Heefner, where he co-chaired the appellate section and fought for environmental and voting rights. 

Mr. Khan is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Swarthmore College. He is a proud first generation American and is the first Asian-American ever elected District Attorney (or to any row office) in Pennsylvania.  He lives in Doylestown with his two children.

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