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The attorney general also issues legal opinions on questions of law submitted by elected or appointed state officials and defends all tort claim actions against the state. Iowa is unique in that its attorney general belongs to the judicial branch of government; in 48 of the other 50 states, the attorney general is a member of the executive branch.
Thomas John Miller (born August 11, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 33rd Attorney General of Iowa from 1995 to 2023. After the defeat of West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012 when running for reelection, Miller became the longest serving State Attorney General in the United States.
In the 2010 elections, Bird ran for Attorney General of Iowa. She lost to incumbent Tom Miller by 11 percent. [3] She considered running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2014 elections, but opted against running. [4] Bird served as counsel to Governor Terry Branstad and became county attorney for Guthrie County, Iowa in 2018. [5]
Bill Brauch, a retired attorney who served as director of the Iowa attorney general's consumer protection division from 1995 to 2015, said he also is not familiar with any cases applying Iowa's ...
DES MOINES, Iowa − The pressure campaign against U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is mounting − including from some Iowa Republicans− as she refuses to commit to supporting Pete Hegseth, President-elect ...
The fate of one of the youths — a 17-year-old from Dubuque County whose case triggered action by the Iowa Attorney General's Office — is still unclear. Iowa's assistant attorney general for ...
The arrest report indicates two deputies were injured during the arrest. Sorenson was charged with domestic abuse , assault and interference with official acts. The arrest report states Sorenson's wife, Jeannie Shawntell "Shawnee" Sorenson, was crying and left the house through a bedroom window after an argument and was observed walking down ...
A bawdy office atmosphere among state social workers is not enough to support a nearly $800,000 jury verdict for sexual harassment, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled.. The court's decision Friday ...