predecessor birth_name party office birth_date term_start article_title name
e. michael mccann john theodore chisholm democratic milwaukee county district attorney march 14 , 1963 january 1 , 2007 john t. chisholm
 john t. chisholm
john t. chisholm

john theodore chisholm -lrb- born march 14 , 1963 -rrb- is an american prosecutor and the district attorney of milwaukee county , wisconsin , serving since 2007 .
prior to his election as district attorney , chisholm was an assistant district attorney and the supervisor of the office 's gun-crime unit .
he has prosecuted several notable cases , including those of former milwaukee alderman michael mcgee , jr. , serial killer walter ellis , and several associates of wisconsin governor scott k. walker .
conservative groups have criticized chisholm , a democrat , for initiating an investigation into allegations of possible violations of wisconsin 's campaign finance laws during the 2012 wisconsin gubernatorial recall election .
