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Phil
Cline, Tulare County District
Attorney
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Message
from Phil Cline
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Biography
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Phil
Cline is a Tulare County native, having graduated from Exeter Union High
School, College of the Sequoias, and from California State
University, Fresno (summa cum laude). He is a graduate of the San
Joaquin College of Law and became a member of the bar in 1978. |
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Mr. Cline began his
career as a prosecutor in 1978 with the Tulare County District
Attorney's Office. During his career, he has held a number of special
positions including that of narcotics prosecutor and agricultural crimes
prosecutor. |
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Additionally, he served
in virtually every leadership position in the office, prior to his
appointment as District Attorney in 1992. During the last seven years
prior to assuming the top job, he specialized in the prosecution of
homicide cases and won a number of high-profile death penalty cases. In
1994, Mr. Cline was elected to a full term as Tulare County District
Attorney and in 1998 ran unopposed for re-election.
Since taking office in 1992, Mr. Cline has initiated a number of new and
enhanced programs to serve the citizens of Tulare County. These include
programs to address worker's compensation and automobile insurance
fraud, domestic violence, major narcotics, sexual assault and child
abuse, welfare fraud, auto theft, gang violence, elder abuse, and child
abduction, among others. Mr. Cline also conceived of and created Tulare
County's Rural Crime Program, the first of its kind in the nation.
Mr. Cline is a member of many professional and philanthropic
organizations. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Tulare County
Bar Association. He is a past president of the Tulare County Police
Chief's Association and also served as president of the Executive
Council. He is a member of the Tulare County Farm Bureau, the
Cattlemen's Association, and volunteers at the annual Tulare Farm
Equipment Show. He is also a member of the Porterville Exchange Club and
the Visalia Rotary Club. He also sits on the legislative committee
of the Visalia and Tulare Chambers of Commerce, as well as the
California District Attorney's Association. |
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