Kamala Harris is an attorney.
District attorney . The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual who is suspected of breaking the law , initiating and directing further criminal investigations , guiding and recommending the sentencing of offenders , and are the only attorneys allowed to participate in grand jury proceedings . Kamala Harris . She is a member of the Democratic Party and served as the 32nd Attorney General of California . She worked as a Deputy District Attorney in Alameda County , California ( 1990 -- 98 ) . Harris was the first woman , the first Jamaican American , the first Asian American , the first Indian American , and the first African American attorney general in California .