Thomas Spota
Thomas Spota | |
|---|---|
| District Attorney of Suffolk County | |
| In office January 1, 2002 – November 10, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | James M. Catterson, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Emily Constant |
| Constituency | Suffolk County, New York |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 6, 1941 New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Fairfield University (BA) St. John's University (JD) |
Thomas J. Spota III (born September 6, 1941) is an American former attorney and politician, who served as the District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York, serving from 2002 until 2017, later being disbarred on June 10, 2020. Spota resigned November 10, 2017, after he was indicted on federal charges of obstruction of justice in the investigation of Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke. Spota was subsequently found guilty and sentenced to five years in federal prison and fined $100,000.