Daniel Zappelli
Daniel Zappelli served as Attorney General of the State and Canton of Geneva between 2002 and 2011. Biography. Zappelli followed studies in law, at the University of Fribourg, where in 1986 he earned the Swiss equivalent of a bachelor's degree in law. In 1989, he earned a seat at the Geneva Bar. He served as Deputy Attorney General in Geneva under as from 1996, whereupon in 2000 he became a judge at the Court of First Instance of the Geneva State Court of Justice in January 2000. Geneva Attorney General: 2002-2011. On April 21, 2002, he  was elected Attorney General of the State and Canton of Geneva, under the auspices of the "Parti radical" having defeated the candidate of the left-alliance, Jean-Bernard Schmid. Thus elected, Zappelli assumed the post of the departing Attorney General Bernard Bertossa. On April 20, 2008, Zappelli was re-elected, winning against the socialist candidate François Paychère. Zappelli announced his resignation as Attorney General on November 7, 2011, effective March 31, 2012. In an emergency appointment, on December 1, 2011, the Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva chose Olivier Jornot to succeed Zappelli.