County Attorney

Our Mission

To conduct the prosecution of all felony offenses within the County and the prosecution of misdemeanors in the unincorporated areas. Advise law enforcement agencies and the grand jury. Assist crime victims and witnesses. Represent County government and its agencies, school districts, fire departments, and other public agencies.

Matt Smith has been the Mohave County Attorney since December, 2003, when he completed former County Attorney Bill Ekstrom’s unexpired term. He was then elected as Mohave County Attorney in 2004, and re-elected in 2008. Matt is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a J.D., 1985, and Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Political Science, 1982.

He moved to Kingman in 1987. Matt began his legal career as a prosecutor with the Mohave County Attorney’s Office 36 years ago, and served the community as head of the felony trial division for 7 of those years. As County Attorney he supervises an office of 25 prosecutors and 4 civil deputies. He continues to do trial work and specializes in handling death penalty and child molestation cases.

In each of Arizona’s 15 counties, a County Attorney is elected to handle numerous criminal and civil legal responsibilities with a four-year term of office. 

The County Attorney is an elected official serving a four-year term.