Montgomery County, PA

ABOUT THE FIRST ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY Kevin R. Steele, First Assistant District Attorney, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania                                   Kevin R. Steele serves as the First Assistant District Attorney in the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. The First Assistant District Attorney is second in command in the District Attorney's Office and acts as the District Attorney in her absence. As supervisor of the legal staff, he oversees all operations in the DA's offices, including personnel, policy matters, special assignments, and case assignments. Mr. Steele also maintains a caseload of serious, complicated cases he prosecutes personally. As supervisor of the Detective Bureau, Mr. Steele works closely with the Chief County Detective to formulate office policy and procedures. He also oversees all county detective homicide investigations and investigations involving consensual and non-consensual wiretap interceptions. Prior to his current position, Mr. Steele was Chief of the Trials Division where he oversaw the Arson, Domestic Violence, Drug, Economic Crime, Grand Jury, Insurance Fraud, Major Crime, and Sex Crime Units. Before running the Trials Division, Mr. Steele served as Captain of the Narcotics Unit. Mr. Steele has also been appointed as a Special Deputy Attorney General. Prior to joining the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in 1995, Mr. Steele served as a Deputy District Attorney in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania for three years.   Mr. Steele also worked for the Department of Justice in Wilmington, Delaware, the United States Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., and the United States Secret Service in Washington, D.C. Mr. Steele serves on numerous non-profit boards. Currently, he is Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Penn Wynne/Overbrook Hills Fire Company, a member of the Board of Directors for the General Alumni Association of The Dickinson School of Law, a member of the Penn State Alumni Council, and a member for the Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Institute Education and Training Committee.  Mr. Steele also served as President of the Board of Directors for the Penn Wynne Civic Association, President of the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania State University Graduate School Alumni Society, and on the Board of Directors for Big Brother/Big Sisters of Montgomery County. Mr. Steele received his Master of Laws Degree in Trial Advocacy from Temple University; his law degree from The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University; and his undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from The George Washington University.