Religion: indeterminate
Name: unnamed district attorney
Classification:
supporting character
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Action Comics (vol. 1) #24 (May 1940): "Carnahan's Heir"
Creators: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy
Number of Appearances: 1
Occupation: attorney
Gender: male
Prosecuted Peter Carnahan for the murder of criminal Jake Brent. Peter, who was being helped by Superman, was eventually exonerated when they found the real killer. But all the evidence originally really did point to Peter Carnahan, and this unnamed district attorney was an honorable man doing his job when he tried to prosecute Peter.
Action Comics (vol. 1) #24 (May 1940): "Carnahan's Heir" (7-panel cameo)
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- https://www.comics.org/issue/769/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=60137