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The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state, and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs. The office is one of Florida's three elected state cabinet posts, along with the chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Zuckerman left the post on January 20, 2021. He was previously appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Matters of the Tax Division on December 18, 2017. He succeeded Caroline D. Ciraolo, former Acting Assistant Attorney General, who left the Tax Division in January 2017.
The Florida attorney general is the state's chief legal officer. As defined in the Florida Constitution, [4] the attorney general appoints a statewide prosecutor who may prosecute violations of criminal law occurring in or affecting two or more judicial circuits. The attorney general is responsible for the Department of Legal Affairs. [5]
Florida's Office of the Attorney General has received over 200 complaints about price gouging as residents prepare to evacuate from Hurricane Milton.
DeSantis also announced he would appoint Uthmeier to succeed Moody as attorney general, in the event of a vacancy. [9] On February 17, 2025, Uthmeier was sworn in as the 39th attorney general of Florida. [3] [10] He is the youngest attorney general since Robert L. Shevin and the first from the Florida panhandle since James W. Kynes. [citation ...
McCollum opposed the federal Stimulus bill, as well as the $20 billion federal oil fund that limited his office's ability to pursue claims against BP, and requested additional authority from the federal government to address Medicaid fraud. [2] While Attorney General, McCollum defended Florida's ban on adoptions by homosexuals from a lawsuit ...
Shevin was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1964 and the Florida State Senate in 1966. He was elected Attorney General in 1970 and re-elected in 1974. Shevin was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Florida in 1978. He led the first round of the Democratic Primary, but was defeated in the runoff by Bob Graham. [2]
Pamela Jo Bondi (born November 17, 1965) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who has served as the 87th United States attorney general since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019, the first woman elected to the office.