Stafford Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Eric Olsen was recently elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the National District Attorney’s Association. He is the first assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney from Virginia to be elected to the NDAA Board of Directors.

As an associate board member, Olsen will serve on the Juvenile Justice and Family Law subcommittee which addresses a wide range of issues from Domestic Violence and Child Abuse to Juvenile crime and punishment.

Stafford Commonwealth’s Attorney Dan Chichester has been on the NDAA board of Directors since 2001 and recently was elected to serve as the organization’s vice president.  

The association is the oldest and largest professional organization representing criminal prosecutors in the world. Its membership consists of approximately 7,000 prosecutors including district attorneys, state’s attorneys, attorneys general and county and city prosecutors who are responsible for prosecuting criminal violations in the United States and its territories. It seeks to improve and facilitate the administration of justice specifically through involvement with various legislation and the promotion of public service and education.

Olsen has been in the Stafford’s Commonwealth’s Attorney office since 1989. He was promoted to Chief Deputy Commonwealth Attorney in 1997 and is in charge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Division.

He is also a faculty member at the National College of District Attorneys in Columbia, S.C. and is active in many community organizations in the Stafford area. In 2008 he was named Distinguished Prosecutor of the Year by the Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys.