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3. Education. Duke University (BA) Harvard University (JD) 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.
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 current Attorney General is Brian Schwalb, who ...
Elections in theDistrict of Columbia. The 2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general for the District of Columbia. This was the third attorney general election in D.C. history. Incumbent attorney general Karl Racine had declined to run for reelection.
Karl Anthony Racine[1] (born December 14, 1962) [2] is a Haitian-American lawyer and politician. He was the first independently elected Attorney General for the District of Columbia, a position he held from 2015 to 2023. [3] Before that, he was the managing partner of Venable LLP. [4][5][6] As Attorney General, Racine received national ...
Washington, D.C., U.S. Political party. Democratic. Education. Yale University (BA, JD) Pace University (MS) Caroline S. Van Zile is an American lawyer serving as the third solicitor general of the District of Columbia since 2022. She was the principal deputy solicitor general from 2020 to 2022.
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. Following numerous election delays, Karl Racine was elected in 2014 and sworn into office in January 2015.
Justice Management Division: Assistant Attorney General for Administration (AAG-A) (currently Lee J. Lofthus, appointed in December 2006; replaced Paul Corts, who left in the summer of 2006). The AAG-A reports to the Deputy Attorney General (DAG). Deputy Assistant Attorney General/Chief Information Officer(DAAG/CIO) is Currently Melinda Rogers
Merrick Garland. Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the 86th United States attorney general since 2021. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated ...