News Releases
7/27/2022: New Well-being webinars purchased from NDAA. – Well-being
6/8/2022: The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Board of Directors released the following comment on the passing of Dan Knight. – Press Release
5/5/2022: The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and Missouri Police Chiefs Association released the following statement. – Press Release
6/8/2022: The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Board of Directors released the following comment on the passing of Dan Knight. – Press Release
5/5/2022: The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and Missouri Police Chiefs Association released the following statement. – Press Release
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Meet the President
Dan Patterson
Greene County Prosecuting Attorney
Dan has had the privilege of serving the citizens of Greene County as the elected prosecutor or as an assistant prosecutor since 1996. Prior to his election in 2010, Dan served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, as First Assistant leading the Major Crimes Unit, and as Chief Assistant responsible for day-to-day operations of the office. Dan also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney under the Project Safe Neighborhoods program.Dan retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Missouri Army National Guard in 2017. Dan deployed with his Missouri National Guard units twice: first, with the 135th Field Artillery Brigade, in support of the homeland defense mission Operation Noble Eagle and, later as the Deputy Command Judge Advocate for Multi-National Task Force East, Kosovo Forces 10. Dan is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic Course, the Judge Advocate General's Corps Advanced Course, and the Command & General Staff College. Dan's military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal.
Dan is a graduate of Leadership Springfield class XXVII. He is a member of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association and serves on the Bench and Bar Committee. In 2013, Dan was appointed to serve on the Missouri Task Force on Children’s Justice and serves as co-chair. Dan also serves our community as the chair of the Community Partnership of the Ozarks Child Abuse and Neglect Collaborative, the chair of the Child Advocacy Center Stakeholder’s Committee, Chair of the Greene County Family Justice Center Alliance, and as a member of Ozarks Fighting Back and the DWI Task Force. Dan has also served on the Victim Center Board and the Harmony House Board. Dan is a POST certified instructor and enjoys teaching at Springfield Police Department Academy. Dan is a member of the Springfield Sunrise Rotary Club, attends Christ Episcopal Church with his family, and is an Eagle Scout.
A 1986 graduate of Springfield's Kickapoo High School, he completed his undergraduate degree majoring in Business Administration at Oklahoma State University in 1990, and obtained his law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1993, graduating Cum Laude. While attending law school, Dan was a member of and served on the editorial board of the Missouri Law Review.
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