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The United States attorney for the District of Columbia (USADC) is responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia has two divisions, the Civil Division and the Criminal Division. The Civil Division is responsible for ...
The attorney general for the District of Columbia is the chief legal officer of the District of Columbia.While attorneys general previously were appointed by the mayor, District of Columbia voters approved a charter amendment in 2010 that made the office an elected position beginning in 2015.
The Attorney General of the District of Columbia is the chief legal officer of the District. Until a charter amendment in 2010 that made the office an elected position, the post was appointed by the Mayor.
The Office of the United States Attorney was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, along with the office of Attorney General and United States Marshal.The same act also specified the structure of the Supreme Court of the United States and established inferior courts making up the United States Federal Judiciary, including a district court system.
Edward Robert Martin Jr. is an American politician and attorney from the state of Missouri. Since January 20, 2025, he has been serving as interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. He is president of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, which was split from Eagle Forum, and president of the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund. [1] [2]
The current party composition of the state attorneys general is: 22 Democrats; 28 Republicans; The composition for the District of Columbia and the 5 populated territories is: 2 Democrats; 1 Republican; 2 Independent; 1 New Progressive; Rows of the attorney general table below are color coded indicating the political party of the office holder.
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the High Court of American Samoa, it also sometimes handles federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or territorial court.
Brian Lawrence Schwalb (born 1967) is an American attorney and politician serving as the attorney general of the District of Columbia. Prior to becoming attorney general, Schwalb was the partner-in-charge of Venable LLP's D.C. office. [1] [2] He is a member of the Democratic Party.