Steve Mulroy introduces three new hires in Shelby County DA's office

Lucas Finton, Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Steve Mulroy is sworn in as the new Shelby County District Attorney General on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Shelby County Commission Chambers of the Vasco A. Smith Jr. County Administration Building.
Steve Mulroy is sworn in as the new Shelby County District Attorney General on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Shelby County Commission Chambers of the Vasco A. Smith Jr. County Administration Building.

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy introduced three new hires to the District Attorney's office Monday.

Gerald Skahan, Haden Lawyer and Nicole Harris are slated to start Oct. 17. Skahan will operate as the office's special assistant for post-conviction litigation and Laywer will be an assistant district attorney. Harris will be Mulroy's new public information officer.

"These additions to our team represent diversity, experience, and above all, an abiding interest in delivering equal justice under the law for everyone in Shelby County," Mulroy said in a statement. "I'm gratified that they have chosen to join our office and I will rely on their leadership as we strive to create the most effective DA office possible."

Skahan graduated from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1991 and went on to start the Shelby County Mental Health Court, of which he presided as judge from 2014 through 2022. He lost his reelection campaign by 3,460 votes. He was also the chief defender of the Shelby County Public Defender's capital defense team who practiced criminal defense law at a private practice.

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Lawyer is also a graduate of the Cecil C. Humpreys School of Law, finishing his education in 2007. Since then, he has almost exclusively practiced criminal defense, according to a release from the DA's office. He was also a board member of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

Harris previously worked at numerous Memphis media outlets, including WMC Action News and The Commercial Appeal. She also worked as an advisor in St. Jude ALSAC's Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging as well as WLOX News Now in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Lucas Finton is a news reporter with The Commercial Appeal. He can be reached at Lucas.Finton@commercialappeal.com and followed on Twitter @LucasFinton.

This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Shelby County DA's office: Three new hires coming, Mulroy says