Circuit Attorney’s Office

What Circuit Attorney’s Office does

The Circuit Attorney's Office (CAO) for the City of St. Louis is a government prosecutorial office established in 1821, operating under Missouri state law as the sole state-level criminal prosecutor within the 22nd Judicial Circuit. The office reviews over 15,000 cases annually and prosecutes approximately 3,000-4,000 felonies and 2,000-3,000 misdemeanors each year, organized into specialized units including Homicide, Violent Crime, Special Victims, General Felonies, Misdemeanors, Financial and Civil Matters, Diversion, Victim Services, Child Support, Warrant Office, Investigators, and the newly established Conviction Integrity Unit. It employs approximately 150 individuals including 60+ attorneys, 20 investigators, 10 victim services case managers, diversion counselors, paralegals, and 30+ support staff, operating from the Mel C. Carnahan Courthouse at 1114 Market St #401 in St. Louis.

The office is led by Circuit Attorney Gabriel E. Gore, who was appointed by Governor Mike Parson in May 2023 and elected in November 2024. Its core technology is a case management system supporting warrant review, charging decisions, and court proceedings management. Under Gore's tenure, the office has expanded its programmatic scope with the December 2023 launch of the Conviction Integrity Unit (led by former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice George W. Draper III), a Citizens Academy public education program, and a public-facing CAO Performance Data Dashboard providing transparency on pending cases, warrant applications, case dispositions, and diversion metrics.

The CAO generates no commercial revenue; it is funded entirely by city and state government appropriations. Services are provided at no cost to crime victims and the public. Its customer base is the diffuse population of St. Louis, served through the court system, direct victim services, diversion programs, and community engagement. There is no equity, funding history, M&A activity, or commercial investment thesis applicable to this government entity.

Name

Circuit Attorney’s Office

Legal name

Circuit Attorney's Office, City of St. Louis

Website

https://circuitattorney.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Circuit Attorney's Office is a Missouri government entity serving as the sole state-level criminal prosecutor for the City of St. Louis (22nd Judicial Circuit), employing approximately 150 staff across 12 specialized prosecution units and reviewing over 15,000 cases annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Prosecution Services

NAICS

Legal Counsel and Prosecution (92213)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Prosecution & District/State Attorney Services (BPAIAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Victim Services & Witness Assistance (Justice System) (BPAIAFAJ), Court Services & Operations (Clerks, Records, Jury, Interpreters) (BPAIAFAH)

Keywords

• Criminal prosecution services
• Victim advocacy services
• Conviction integrity review
• Pre-trial diversion programs
• Child support enforcement

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Tax Funding: As a government office, the Circuit Attorney's Office is funded through public tax revenue. The office does not generate commercial revenue. Services are provided at no cost to crime victims.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Circuit Attorney's Office is the Missouri state-government prosecution office for the 22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis), responsible for reviewing police reports, issuing search warrants, filing criminal charges, and prosecuting all state-level felonies and misdemeanors committed within the city. It also provides free victim support services, operates diversion programs for non-violent offenders, enforces court-ordered child support, and reviews claims of actual innocence through its Conviction Integrity Unit.

Product overview

The Circuit Attorney's Office for the City of St. Louis is a government prosecution office that represents the people of the State of Missouri as chief prosecutor for state-level crimes. The office operates as a unified prosecution platform with multiple specialized units: the core prosecution divisions include the Homicide Unit, Violent Crime Unit, Special Victims Unit, General Felonies Unit, and Misdemeanor Unit. Supporting these are the Financial and Civil Matters Unit, Diversion Unit, Victim Services Unit, Child Support Unit, Warrant Office, Investigators Unit, and Conviction Integrity Unit. The office also offers community programs including the Citizens Academy and provides public access to performance data through an online dashboard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Homicide Unit Prosecutes all homicide cases within the City of St. Louis under the 22nd Judicial Circuit.
• Violent Crime Unit Devoted to the prosecution of the most serious felonies including violent offenses committed in the City of St. Louis.
• Special Victims Unit Prosecutes all sexual assault and domestic violence cases, as well as cases where minors or individuals with special needs are victims of sexual or physical assault.
• General Felonies Unit Handles a variety of cases including arson, assault, drug crimes, burglary, robbery, stealing, and weapons offenses.
• Misdemeanor Unit Prosecutes Class A through Class D misdemeanors, conducts preliminary hearings, detention and bond review hearings, and probation revocation hearings.
• Financial and Civil Matters Unit Responds to Sunshine Law requests, collects delinquent City business taxes, pursues bad check reimbursement, processes restitution payments, expungements and asset forfeiture, and conducts civil commitment hearings.
• Diversion Unit Offers diversion programs for non-violent felony cases that allow qualified individuals to avoid traditional prosecution, trial, conviction, criminal record, and incarceration through case management and individualized support plans.
• Victim Services Unit Provides counseling, support, and assistance to victims of crime, including case management, crisis intervention, safety planning, and help locating community resources.
• Child Support Unit Establishes and enforces court-ordered child support in cases referred by the Missouri Department of Social Services, and may establish paternity.
• Warrant Office Reviews police reports, issues search warrants, and files criminal charges on all violations of state law committed in the City of St. Louis.
• Investigators Unit Locates witnesses and gathers evidence to support prosecutions.
• Conviction Integrity Unit Reviews claims of actual innocence and works to remedy wrongful convictions.
• Citizens Academy Six-week educational program that gives St. Louis residents deeper insight into the criminal justice system and the role of the Circuit Attorney's Office.
• CAO Performance Data Dashboard Public dashboard providing access to CAO performance data including pending cases, neighborhood crime data, warrant applications, case dispositions, and diversion data.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cook County State's Attorney's Office: The chief prosecutor for Cook County (Chicago), Illinois. It is a directly comparable urban county-level prosecution office handling felonies and misdemeanors within a single city jurisdiction, with similar scale, specialized units, and victim services programs.
• Harris County District Attorney's Office: The elected chief prosecutor for Harris County (Houston), Texas. Comparable as a large urban county DA's office managing high violent-crime caseloads through specialized units, with reform initiatives including conviction integrity review.
• Manhattan District Attorney's Office: The elected prosecutor for New York County (Manhattan). Comparable as an urban single-county District Attorney with broad felony and misdemeanor jurisdiction, specialized trial divisions, and a Conviction Integrity Unit.
• Maricopa County Attorney's Office: The elected county attorney for Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona. Comparable as a large urban county prosecutor's office handling felony and misdemeanor caseloads within a single metro jurisdiction.
• Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office: The chief prosecutor for Los Angeles County, California. Comparable as a large urban prosecutor's office covering a single major metro jurisdiction, with specialized vertical prosecution units and victim services divisions analogous to those of the St. Louis CAO.
• Philadelphia District Attorney's Office: The elected city-level prosecutor for Philadelphia. Directly comparable as a single-jurisdiction urban District Attorney with reform-oriented leadership (Krasner era) including conviction integrity and diversion programs.
• Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office: The elected state attorney (prosecutor) for Miami-Dade County, Florida. Comparable as a single-jurisdiction urban prosecutor with vertical prosecution units for homicide, sex crimes, and domestic violence mirroring the CAO's structure.
• King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office: The elected prosecutor for King County (Seattle), Washington. Comparable as an urban single-county prosecutor's office operating specialized units and community engagement programs at a similar scale.

Broad incumbents

• Missouri Attorney General's Office: The statewide elected prosecutor for Missouri. Overlapping jurisdiction with the CAO on certain matters (consumer protection, statewide cases); comparable as the broader state-level prosecutorial authority above the CAO.
• U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri: The federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Missouri, based in St. Louis. Comparable prosecutorial function for federal crimes in the same geography where Circuit Attorney Gore previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/circuitattorney

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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