Kathleen Long New Assistant D.A.
Strouse said he offered the post to her and she has accepted. That announcement ended speculation as to who Strouse would select as his assistant after he won election as the new district attorney in November.
Strouse told therecord-online, “I am very pleased to have Ms. Long as part of the team as we enter the District Attorney’s office in January. She’s a hard worker and an excellent attorney. She will be an asset to our county in the ADA position.”
Long in January of 2014 had been named by the Clinton County Commissioners as the county’s first female public defender, a position she continues to hold. Long is a Central Mountain High School graduate. She received a BA in English from the University of Scranton in 2009 and her law degree from Widener School of Law in 2012. While in law school she was president of the Women’s Law Caucus and student representative on the school’s curriculum committee.
She had interned for then-Clinton County District Attorney Mike Salisbury in the summer of 2010 and later interned at the Harrisburg firm of Wion, Zulli and Seibert. She had been county law clerk from August 2012 until becoming a public defender.
Long is the daughter of Marybeth and Lenny Long of Lock Haven.
