Janet S. Moore
Director, Branch & Area
Operations, Region I
Janet
S. Moore is a nationally recognized expert in the prosecution of
gang crimes. A career prosecutor with the Los Angeles County
District Attorney’s Office since 1984 and the director of its Bureau
of Branch & Area Operations, Region I since April 2009, she
specialized in the prosecution of violent gang crime, predominantly
murders, for 13 years. One of Moore’s most notable cases was the
conviction of Damian “Football” Williams for his brick-throwing
assault on truck driver Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles
riots.
Moore has
lectured statewide, nationally and internationally on various
aspects of gang prosecutions for a variety of prosecutorial, law
enforcement and governmental agencies. She was the California
District Attorneys Association’s technical adviser for its
introductory and advanced gang seminars for many years. Moore also
served as the chairperson of the C.L.E.A.R. Executive Board and as
the chairperson of the Inter-Agency Gang Task Force.
During her
tenure in the District Attorney’s Office, Moore has served as
deputy-in-charge of the Compton Hardcore Gang Unit, the assistant
head deputy of the Torrance Branch, the acting head deputy of
Central Trials 11 and the head deputy of the Hardcore Gang Division.
In 2004, she completed an assignment as the director of the Bureau
of Specialized Prosecutions, which oversees the Hardcore Gang, Major
Crimes, Major Narcotics, Family Violence, Sex Crimes, Target Crimes
and Juvenile Divisions. She also served as director of the Bureau of
Central Operations until 2009.
She graduated
from San Jose State University with a bachelor’s degree in
biological sciences in 1974 and from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
in 1984.