Larry Chisolm has more than 30 years of experience as an attorney, in Savannah, GA.  He has years of experience leading non-profit organizations and serving on non-profit board of directors. He graduated from Duke University, one of the top ten universities in the country.

Sworn in to office on January 2009, as the District Attorney of Chatham County, Chisolm replaced Spencer Lawton, who served as the District Attorney for 28 years. He made history in Chatham County as the first African-American to serve as district attorney and as the first African-American to be elected county-wide without having first been appointed to office. Mr. Chisolm led a team of 36 attorneys in prosecuting felony and misdemeanor offenses in Superior Court, State Court and Juvenile Court, on behalf of the citizens of the State.  He supervised a staff of approximately 130 employees.

His legal experience spans across academic and public sectors, from serving as University Counsel, in the Office of the President, at Savannah State University, to private practice in Savannah, and 19 years, as an Assistant District Attorney, in Chatham County. While at Savannah State, he served in the president’s cabinet, which provided administrative leadership for a university which at the time was composed of over 3,000 students, maintained a multimillion dollar budget and employed over three hundred employees. He began his career as an attorney at the Savannah-based law practice of Bonzo Reddick.  He established Chisolm Law Offices in 2014.