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Kat Copeland
District Attorney of Delaware County
In office
2018–2019
Preceded byJack Whelan
Succeeded byJack Stollsteimer
Personal details
Born1966 or 1967 (age 56–57)
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party Republican
Education Bryn Mawr College ( BA)
Temple University ( JD)

Katayoun M. Copeland (born 1966/1967) [1] is an American lawyer and politician who was an assistant U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia from 2019 to 2023. She was the district attorney of Delaware County, Pennsylvania from 2018 to 2019.

Life

Copeland was born in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania to an Iranian father and an American mother. [2] She was raised in Iran from 1973 to 1980. [2] She graduated from The Baldwin School in 1985. [3] She completed an undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College. [2] She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law. [2]

In 1992, Copeland joined the Delaware County district attorney's office as an assistant district attorney in its trial division. [2] She worked under the county's first female district attorney, Patricia Holstein. [2] She later became chief of drug enforcement in 2000. [2] In 2004, she became deputy district attorney. [2] In 2011, Copeland joined the United States Attorney as a prosector of drug cases. [2] She worked under Louis D. Lappen, the acting district attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. [2] In 2018, she returned to Delaware County as its district attorney. [2] A Republican, she was selected by the county board of judges to succeed Jack Whelan. [4] The term expired in 2019. [4] She ran for election for a full four-year term in 2019 and was defeated in a close election by Democratic candidate Jack Stollsteimer. [5] From 2019 to 2023, she served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia. [6] [7] In November 2023, Copeland announced her candidacy in the 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election. [7]

Electoral history

References

  1. ^ "Republican ex-federal prosecutor in Philadelphia to run for Pennsylvania attorney general".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k McCarthy, Erin (2018-01-20). "For new prosecutor, it's a homecoming". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. B02. Retrieved 2023-11-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Kat Copeland '85 Leads 2019 Safe Schools Summit". Baldwin School. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  4. ^ a b Carey, Kathleen E. (2018-01-19). "'Kat' Copeland sworn in as Delco's new District Attorney". Delco Times. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  5. ^ "Blue wave". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2019-11-06. pp. A6. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  6. ^ Schneider, Aliya (November 20, 2023). "Former Delco DA Kat Copeland announces run for attorney general". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Republican ex-federal prosecutor in Philadelphia to run for Pennsylvania attorney general". Associated Press. 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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