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Chief of Staff to the Attorney General (2017–2018) Iowa: November 7, 2018 February 14, 2019 85: William Barr 2nd term: 77th United States Attorney General (1991–1993) United States Deputy Attorney General (1990–1991) United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (1989–1990) Virginia: February 14, 2019 December ...
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office as the Chief of the Civil Rights Division, Chief of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau, Chief of the Business and Labor Bureau, litigator and junior partner at the international law firm WilmerHale, Special Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County, clerk for Judge David Mazzone in the ...
The office has existed in various forms since 1626, originally established under the Dutch colonial government of New Netherland. New York's attorney general is the highest-paid state attorney general in the country. [citation needed] Democrat Letitia James currently serves as attorney general, in office since January 1, 2019. [2]
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has announced a new head of his office's civil division, which handles such issues as lead poisoning, police misconduct and antitrust regulation ...
New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) Section 7:6 lists the attorney general's "Powers and Duties as State's Attorney": . Shall act as attorney for the state in all criminal and civil cases in the supreme court in which the state is interested, and in the prosecution of persons accused of crimes punishable with death (which no longer exist in New Hampshire) or imprisonment for life.
The Commonwealth Attorneys Act of 1980 [6] established the Office of Attorney General as an independent office headed by an elected attorney general. [7] The office has the responsibility for the prosecution of those crimes prosecuted by the commonwealth, including organized crime and public corruption, as well as civil litigation on behalf of some, but not all, commonwealth agencies and the ...
The office of the attorney general was established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 as a part-time job for one person, but grew with the bureaucracy. At one time, the attorney general gave legal advice to the U.S. Congress, as well as the president; however, in 1819, the attorney general began advising Congress alone to ensure a manageable workload ...
The attorney general of the State of Michigan is the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan.The officeholder is elected statewide in the November general election alongside the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, members of the Senate and members of the House of Representatives.