Adam

Adam Deitch is running for District Attorney because he believes Norfolk County deserves a DA’s Office defined by fairness, competence, trust, and professionalism.

Until November 2025, Adam served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, initially handling cases ranging from bank robberies to gun and drug cases, to child exploitation and cyberstalking, and all kinds of fraud.

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As a member of the Public Corruption & Special Prosecutions Unit, Adam focused on corruption cases throughout Massachusetts, including the prosecution of driving school instructors who were paying bribes in exchange for no-show driver's licenses, Monica Cannon-Grant for defrauding donors to her non-profit organization and stealing government benefits, and Massachusetts State Police troopers for stealing overtime pay. 

On November 7, 2025, Adam left the U.S. Attorney’s Office to run for DA: “I left my job as a federal prosecutor because it’s clear there’s a problem in Norfolk County. Victims are not getting the justice they deserve, the public has lost faith in the system, and someone has to do something about it. It’s because I have that experience – putting a microscope to entrenched institutions – that makes me uniquely qualified for this job, in this moment.”

Here in Norfolk County, Adam worked to win convictions in the recent State Police CDL bribery scandal in Stoughton, where troopers entrusted to administer road tests for commercial driver’s license applicants were providing licenses to drivers who actually failed (or never took) a road test or who traded bribes for CDLs. As has been publicly reported, Adam also served as the lead Assistant U.S. Attorney in the federal investigation into the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe and the ensuing state investigation and prosecution of Karen Read.

“I’m a lifelong Democrat, but I believe the position of District Attorney should transcend partisan politics. Norfolk County deserves someone committed to competence, trust, and professionalism, full stop.”

As a prosecutor – and after starting his career defending NYPD police officers in federal court – Adam has been proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with outstanding, hard-working members of federal, state, and local law enforcement. But he also knows what can happen when members of law enforcement don’t live up to expectations.

“I’ve seen firsthand what happens when police and prosecutors take shortcuts, rush to judgment, and then stubbornly won’t consider other possibilities – innocent people are wrongfully accused, crimes go unsolved, and bad cops are protected while good officers lose faith. That’s what we need to change in Norfolk County.”

Prior to working in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Adam was an attorney at Proskauer Rose LLP. While in private practice and during his time in law school, Adam volunteered with the Innocence Project, representing people who were convicted of crimes they did not commit and proving their innocence, usually through DNA evidence. His work helped exonerate a man who had served 24 years for a murder he didn’t commit and whose conviction had been based on flawed forensic evidence.

When not working tirelessly to protect victims and prosecute criminals, Adam, a Quincy resident, enjoys hiking, golf, and spoiling his five-year-old niece.