Lou Luba has been a prosecutor with the Division of Criminal Justice since 1995, working out of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney Special Investigations Unit/Statewide Prosecution Bureau, New Britain – G.A. # 15, and Windham Judicial District – Part A, and was named 2019 Prosecutor of the Year. He holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from the Rochester Institute of Technology, a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law, a M.P.A. from the nation’s top ranked Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a Masters in Homeland Security with a concentration in Terrorism Studies from the American Military University, as well as graduate studies at the University of Connecticut, Naval War College, Naval Justice School and National Defense University. He holds professional certifications in Cyber Investigations through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is 3CI certified through the National White Collar Crime Center.
Lou is a POST certified instructor regularly teaching at the Law Enforcement Council in Norwich, and also serves as an Adjunct Professor at CCSU as part of their Advanced Detective Certificate program teaching 4th Amendment & Expectation of Privacy, and is the author of the Connecticut Law Enforcement Guide to the 4th Amendment & Expectation of Privacy. He is one of the state’s leading prosecutors in sexual assaults and computer crime related cases and has been a presenter at several national and international conferences on the issue of non-consensual pornography and computer facilitated sexual violence. Beyond his work as a prosecutor, Lou is a retired Commander from the U.S. Coast Guard, having served three overseas deployments, and is a recognized subject matter expert in coastal warfare and port security operations.