By Dustin Slaughter Rob Bielunas has served as the Government Affairs Liaison for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office External Engagement and Government Affairs Division since 2025, where he helps manage relationships between the DAO and elected officials at both the city and state levels....
By Dustin Slaughter Before joining the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office in 2021, Pittston, Pennsylvania native Stephen Girman had been quietly laying the foundation for a career in prosecution, clerking for Judge Frank Palumbo, and becoming more familiar with the nuts-and-bolts of the...
By Dustin Slaughter Assistant District Attorney William Fritze has built an unusual career path within the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, rising from a victim advocate role to Chief of the Gun Violence Task Force through nearly two decades of service. Fritze was raised in a small farming...
By Dustin Slaughter At the intersection of mental health, treatment, and criminal justice, Arona Gur has built a career defined by a belief that legal systems work best when they focus not only on punishment, but on long-term human outcomes. Long before becoming Supervisor of the Mental Health Unit...
By Dustin Slaughter Jody Dodd brings decades of experience in peacebuilding, social justice, and restorative practices to her work at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Trained in restorative practices by Quakers in the early 1980s, Dodd describes her professional path as “an...
By Dustin Slaughter Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Lin was born and raised in New Jersey. She developed an early interest in reading, writing, and communicating with others. She attended Cornell University for her undergrad, majoring in government. She began to see law as a natural path that...
By Dustin Slaughter Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Daphne Floyd is a proud graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Girls. She went on to attend West Chester University (WCU) in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where she initially majored in speech pathology and audiology. During her...
By Dustin Slaughter Christina Bradley’s life and career reflect a steady commitment to justice, compassion, and service to vulnerable young people in Philadelphia. A graduate of Penn State (BS) and St. Joseph’s University (MS), Tina’s path to criminal justice began in a distinctly unusual...
By Dustin Slaughter From an early age, service and care defined Philadelphia Police Officer Tina Staley-Bailey’s life and career path. As a young woman attending the Community College of Philadelphia, she pursued a degree in early childhood education, driven by a genuine love for working with...
As a young girl, Tracee Washington’s grandmother asked her what she wanted to do when she grew up. Washington vividly remembers responding: “I’m going to help people.” “I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do, but I knew I wanted to help, I wanted to serve,” Washington said. “I...