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The attorney general of the District of Columbia, who is elected by the people of the district, handles local civil litigation and minor infractions, comparable with a city attorney. Because its jurisdiction covers the precincts of the United States Congress and the headquarters of several U.S. government agencies, the USADC is considered one ...
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.
The U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey is the chief federal law enforcement officer in New Jersey. On December 16, 2021, Philip R. Sellinger was sworn in as U.S. Attorney. [1] The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. attorney.
In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, county prosecutor, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a local government area, typically a county or a group of counties. The exact scope of the office ...
In states which hold partisan elections for prosecutorial positions, the party affiliation of each prosecutor is noted. The only states which do not have district attorneys are Delaware and Rhode Island, in which all prosecutions are handled by the states' attorneys general
The United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in five New York counties: Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau and Suffolk. The U.S. attorney is Breon Peace, who took over in October 2021. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ...
(The Center Square) – The decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from an election interference case involving President-elect Donald Trump ...
The United States attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight contiguous New York counties: the counties (coextensive boroughs of New York City) of New York (Manhattan) and Bronx, and the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan.