The names going into one of those hats Thursday include a former DA, Lynne Abraham; two current top staffers in the office, Kathleen Martin and John Delaney; one candidate who ran for the office in this year's Democratic primary election, Joe Khan; three retired judges, Ben Lerner, William Manfredi, and Paul Panepinto; one senior judge, D. Webster Keogh; five former prosecutors, Kelley Hodge, Robert A. Rovner, Curtis Douglas, Arlene Fisk, and James Berardinelli; and one longtime defense attorney, Leon Aristotle Williams.