Joyce Dudley, District Attorney

District Attorney Dudley began her legal career in the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office in 1990. She has prosecuted well over one thousand cases including murder, arson, robbery, burglary and all varieties of theft crimes. During this time she became an authority on the prosecution of crimes involving sexual offenses, crimes against children and hate crimes. Joyce E. Dudley was elected District Attorney of Santa Barbara County in June 2010 and assumed office on June 22, 2010. District Attorney Dudley is dedicated to fulfilling the primary function of the District Attorney's Office which is to seek justice for all.

Gordon Auchincloss, Chief Deputy District Attorney, South County

J. Gordon Auchincloss has been a Deputy District Attorney for the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office for twenty years. During that time, he has served as a Senior Deputy District Attorney, Acting Chief Trial Deputy and Acting Chief Assistant District Attorney. Over his career, he has successfully prosecuted over a thousand cases including murder, attempted murder, major sex crimes, major narcotics vendors and major white-collar crimes.

Raised locally, Gordon attended high school, college and law school in Santa Barbara. He currently sits on the board of the PARC Foundation and The Santa Barbara Children’s Museum and is a longstanding volunteer for The Counsel on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Fighting Back program acting as both a mentor and a Teen Court judge.

In July 2010, Gordon was appointed Chief Deputy District Attorney by District Attorney Joyce Dudley. In that capacity he is currently assigned to supervise vulnerable victim crimes including sex crimes and crimes involving domestic violence; financial crimes and misdemeanor operations. Gordon is also tasked with forming and supervising a new prosecution team to focus on White-Collar Crime including Major Fraud cases, Financial Elder Abuse and Cyber Crimes.

Hilary Dozer, Chief Deputy District Attorney, South County

Chief Deputy District Attorney Hilary Dozer has been a Prosecutor with the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office for over thirty years and has been responsible for prosecuting major felony trials for over twenty five years. His varied and significant trial experience includes the successful prosecutions of numerous Homicides,Gang Crimes, Three Strikes Offenders, as well as numerous other serious and violent felonies. He is a recipient of the H. Thomas Guerry Award for Outstanding Performance and has been twice recognized as the Deputy District Attorney of the Year.

Hilary has been an instructor for the California District Attorneys Association and was on their Board of Directors from 2000-2002. He lectures locally to law enforcement groups on gang crimes and other law enforcement issues and has conducted community outreach in our local elementary schools on gang prevention.

District Attorney Joyce Dudley created a special prosecution team to concentrate on Gang and Youth Violence and Major Narcotics and has tasked Hilary with supervising that unit of experienced gang prosecutors.  Hilary is also responsible for General Felonies, Filing and Arraignments.

Hilary graduated from the University of the Pacific (B.A) and McGeorge School of Law (J.D.) after attending local schools.

Stephen Foley, Chief Deputy District Attorney, North County

Stephen Foley was appointed to the position of Chief Deputy District Attorney in June of 2010. He grew up in Santa Barbara and attended San Marcos High School. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. He went on to obtain his law degree from UCLA in 1996.

Stephen began his legal career as a deputy district attorney in Riverside County in 1996. He specialized in gang prosecution and he was recognized as the Riverside County Prosecutor of the Year in 2003. He joined the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office in 2004. He has prosecuted all types of cases including murder, attempted-murder, rape, child molestation, and domestic violence. In 2008 he was awarded the Prosecutor of the Year for Northern Santa Barbara County.

As the Chief Deputy District Attorney for the North County, Stephen supervises the day-to-day operations of the Santa Maria and Lompoc offices.

Kelly Scott, Chief Deputy District Attorney, North County

Kelly Scott was appointed to the position of Chief Deputy District Attorney in August 2012.  She grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and came to California to attend Pepperdine University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1996.  She went on to obtain her law degree from Pepperdine in 2001.

Kelly comes to the District Attorney’s Office after eight years at the Santa Barbara County Counsel’s office where she represented the Sheriff and District Attorney.  At county counsel, she specialized in civil rights litigation and was in-house counsel to the Sheriff’s Office.  Kelly began her legal career as a civil litigator for the California Department of Transportation where she tried cases involving dangerous conditions of public property, inverse condemnation, eminent domain and employment law.

Kelly’s background in civil law assists her in prosecuting real estate fraud and consumer/environmental  criminal and civil prosecutions.  Kelly will be supervising these prosecutions county-wide as the Chief Deputy District Attorney, along with the Lompoc office operations, and other aspects of the Santa Maria office.

David M. Saunders, Chief Criminal Investigator

David Saunders began his law enforcement career in 1986 as a Santa Barbara County Deputy Sheriff. During his eight years with the Sheriff’s Department, David served as uniformed patrol deputy, a Special Enforcement Team member, a member of the SWAT team, and as a Special Operations Division detective.

In 1994, David transferred to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation, where he served as an investigator for eight years, raising to the rank of Supervising Investigator.

In 2002, David was appointed as the Chief Investigator for the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office where he oversees the daily operations of the Bureau of Investigation. He manages a staff of 22 sworn peace officers and six civilian investigators. His primary responsibilities include providing the investigation needed to prepare difficult cases for court; guiding and directing cases of a sensitive or complex nature; acting as a liaison to members of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies; making recommendations to the District Attorney regarding office policies, procedures, and security matters; and providing budgetary oversight and recommendations.

David is an honors graduate of California State University, Northridge with a Masters degree in Public Administration. He graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from the University of La Verne, and holds a Professional Certificate in Accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara, Extension.

David is an associate member of the Santa Barbara County Law Enforcement Chiefs Association (CLEC), a member of the California Peace Officers Association (CPOA), and a Lifetime Member of the California Narcotics Officers Association (CNOA).

Kimbra McCarthy , Director of Administration

Kimbra McCarthy is the Director of Administration. She obtained her law degree from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas, her masters of law in European and Comparative Law from the University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland, and her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Washburn University.  She also studied international law in London, England.   

Kimbra is responsible for the District Attorney’s $19 million budget, administrative services, personnel, and overall departmental operations.  In addition, she also manages the legislative policy and priorities for the department.    

Prior to her appointment by District Attorney Joyce Dudley, she worked as a Fiscal and Policy Analyst in the Santa Barbara County Executive Office, where she provided budgetary and policy oversight of several County departments in addition to serving as legislative staff for the County’s legislative program.  Kimbra joined the County after working for the State of Kansas Legislature as a Fiscal Analyst in the Legislative Research Department.

Megan Riker-Rheinschild, Victim-Witness Assistance Program Director

Megan Riker-Rheinschild graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and studied at the National Autonomous University in Mexico City receiving her degree in Sociology and Spanish.

Megan has been employed in the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Assistance Program since 1994 and been the Director of the Countywide Program since 1997. She is responsible for oversight of a program whose staff annually serves over 3000 victims of violent crime and their family members countywide.

She oversees a range of victim service programs including the Domestic Violence, Elder and Dependent Abuse Units, the Victim Compensation and Restitution Recovery Contracts with the State of California. As of January 2008 the District Attorney’s Office assumed administrative oversight of the Countywide Sexual Assault Response Team for which Meganis also responsible.

In addition to her local responsibilities Megan is on the Board of the California Crime Victim Assistance Association and is Chair of the Legislative and Statewide Victim Compensation Committee.

Rosemary Moll, Assistant to the District Attorney

Rosemary Moll has been the Assistant to five Santa Barbara County District Attorneys over the last 15 years. Her duties include, but are not limited to, all aspects of the District Attorney's office as it relates to local, city, state, and national levels whether it be crime, administrative, or media events. Rosemary has been involved in so many of the District Attorney's daily activities, court cases, and events for the past 15 years, that they are too numerous to mention.