Meet Your DA – Garrit Pruyt

About District Attorney Pruyt

District Attorney Garrit Pruyt grew up in Boulder City, Nevada and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Following this, he attended Florida Coastal School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctor. Upon graduation, he returned to the Vegas area to serve as law clerk to Judge Michael Villani in Clark County’s Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada. After his clerkship, DA Pruyt moved to Carson City in 2014 after accepting a position as a Deputy Attorney General with the Nevada Office of the Attorney General.  During this time, his primary focus was in the areas of civil rights and medical malpractice law.  

DA Pruyt joined the Carson City District Attorney’s Office as a criminal prosecutor in 2015 and was selected to lead the Criminal Division in 2022.  He has served as the lead prosecutor on numerous complex criminal cases, consistently securing convictions against offenders who committed serious crimes against citizens of Carson City.

In November of 2024, DA Pruyt was unanimously selected by Carson City Supervisors to serve as District Attorney for Carson City through the remainder of the 2022-2026 term.  He is a member of the Nevada Local Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council, the Nevada State Prosecutors Best Practices Committee and on the board of the Carson City Rural Child Advocacy Center.  As DA, he continues to teach criminal law to incoming officers at the Nevada POST academy. He enjoys spending time with his family and enjoying the many hiking and camping opportunities Nevada has to offer.

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