Welcome to the Clinton County District Attorney’s Office website.  Clinton County is one of 62 Counties in New York State.                              
Clinton County is in the most northeastern part of the state. The County seat is located in Plattsburgh. The northern border of the County is adjacent to Canada while the Eastern border is along the shoreline of Lake Champlain. Interstate 87 runs in a north - south direction through the County and it is the common thoroughfare between Montreal, Quebec and New York City.

The District Attorney’s Office prosecutes all misdemeanor and felony level cases in 13 Town and Village Courts as well as Plattsburgh City Court. All felony level cases are prosecuted and disposed of in County Court.   The office has five full time Assistant District Attorneys on staff.

As of September 1, 2006, the office plea bargains all Uniform Traffic Ticket violations and certain misdemeanor tickets issued by the New York State Police and Clinton County Sheriff’s Department.  The necessary reduction request forms can be downloaded from this website at the Traffic Ticket Reduction Information link.

Addicted to Hope- A Documentary and Panel Discussion on the Opioid Crisis in the North Country: