10 Facts About David Roger

David Jeanjoseph Roger was born on July 28,1961 and is an American attorney and politician.

David Roger served as District Attorney of Clark County from January 6,2003, to January 3,2012.

David Roger moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his family when he was a teenager; he graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in 1979.

David Roger then majored in business at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he graduated in 1983.

David Roger passed the Nevada Bar Exam that same year and obtained a law clerkship under two Nevada District Court judges, Stephen L Huffaker and Paul Goldman.

David Roger was elected as District Attorney of Clark County on November 5,2002.

David Roger successfully prosecuted Rick Tabish and Sandra Murphy in the highly publicized Ted Binion murder trial in the Spring of 2000.

David Roger personally prosecuted OJ Simpson on the charges winning a conviction on all counts against Simpson.

In September 2010, David Roger filed a felony cocaine possession charge against Paris Hilton, but capitulated and allowed Hilton to plead guilty on two misdemeanor counts in exchange for one year unsupervised probation, a $2000 fine and 200 hours of community service.

David Roger resigned as District Attorney of Clark County on January 3,2012, and was immediately replaced by Republican Mary Anne Miller as interim district attorney by the Clark County Commission and later replaced by Democrat Steve Wolfson as permanent district attorney by the Clark County Commission on January 24,2012.