Mark Brnovich (Republican Party)Arizona / Attorney generalPHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today the Arizona Attorney General's Office (AGO) has awarded $6 million in grant funding to…
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The Attorney General's Office represents and provides legal advice to most State agencies; enforces consumer protection and civil rights laws; and prosecutes criminals charged with complex financial crimes and certain conspiracies involving illegal drugs.
Current officeholder. The current attorney general is Republican Mark Brnovich. Brnovich was sworn into office on January 5, 2015, for a four-year term. He was re-elected in 2018.
For consumer inquiries, or to request a complaint form, call (602) 542-5763 (Phoenix), (520) 628-6648 (Tucson), or toll-free outside of metro Phoenix, (800) 352-8431.
They represent the State in all lawsuits and transactions for and against the State. They work and function in the same way as ordinary attorneys.
The Attorney General's responsibilities include safeguarding Californians from harm and promoting community safety, preserving California's spectacular natural resources, enforcing civil rights laws, and helping victims of identity theft, mortgage-related fraud, illegal business practices, and other consumer crimes.
In layman terms, Chief Justice is a Judge and Attorney General is a Lawyer, both have distinct roles to play. The Attorney General of India is the highest law officer of the country and he/she is the chief legal advisor to the GoI. He is responsible to assist the government in all its legal matters.
the PresidentAttorney General is appointed by the President on the advice of the government. There are the following qualifications: He should be an Indian Citizen. He must have either completed 5 years in High Court of any Indian state as a judge or 10 years in High Court as an advocate.
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The Supreme Court The Supreme Court's primary judicial duties under Article VI, §5 of the Arizona Constitution, are to review appeals and to provide rules of procedure for all the courts in Arizona. It is the highest court in the state of Arizona and is often called the court of last resort.
A target letter is commonly used in white collar cases and it is a way for the federal government to notify you that you are a target of a criminal investigation. A target is defined by the United States Attorney's Office as someone against whom there is substantial evidence.
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$90,000State executive salariesOffice and current officialSalaryAttorney General of Arizona Mark Brnovich$90,000Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs$24,000/yearArizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy HoffmanArizona Auditor General Lindsey Perry3 more rows
The late Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel resigned in March. The Board of Supervisors appointed Rachel Mitchell to take over.
Rosenstein submitted his resignation as deputy attorney general on April 29, 2019, which took effect on May 11, 2019. Rosenstein joined the law firm King & Spalding's D.C. office as a partner on the "Special Matters and Government Investigations" team in January 2020.
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office, through the Child and Family Protection Division, provides legal services to all the divisions of the Department of Economic Security (DES), including the Division of Child Support Services (DCSS). It also provides legal services to the Department of Child Safety.
The Attorney General serves as the chief legal officer of the State. The Attorney General is mandated by our constitution and elected to a four-year term by the people of Arizona. The Attorney General's Office represents and provides legal advice to most State agencies; enforces consumer protection and civil rights laws;
The state attorney general is a constitutionally -established officer, elected by the people of the state to a four-year term . The state attorney general is second (behind the Secretary of State) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Arizona. Headed by the Attorney General of Arizona, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office is ...
Retrieved 18 January 2019. The attorney general shall have been for not less than five years immediately preceding the date of taking office a practicing attorney before the supreme court of the state. He is entitled to receive an annual salary pursuant to section 41-190 (A.R.S. §41-191 (A).
While the state constitution establishes the office of Attorney General, it does not prescribe the powers of the office. Instead, the Arizona Constitution expressly provides that the powers and duties of the state attorney general are to be prescribed by the Arizona State Legislature. In pursuance of this constitutional mandate, the Arizona Legislature has prescribed that, under A.R.S. §41-193 (A) (1) – §41-193 (A) (8), the Attorney General of Arizona, through the Arizona Department of Law, shall:
Corporation Commission (2 seats) Mine Inspector. Arizona is holding an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading.
The general election will occur on November 8, 2022. Kris Mayes, Lacy Cooper, Andrew W. Gould, and Tiffany Shedd are running in the general election for Attorney General of Arizona on November 8, 2022. There are no incumbents in this race.
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Mark Brnovich. Mark Brnovich (born November 25, 1966) is an American politician, lawyer and former lobbyist for the private-prison indiustry serving as the 26th Attorney General of Arizona since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he is a candidate for its nomination in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Arizona.
In August 2020, previously sealed portions of records obtained by the Arizona Attorney General's Office were unsealed by a judge at the Attorney General's Office request. The unsealed documents revealed internal emails from Google employees discussing the original Associated Press story, and admitting that aspects of the location privacy settings were confusing and could be misleading.
Under that lawsuit, Arizona would have received $2 million and the money would not have gone to consumers. In 2018, Brnovich announced that Volkswagen agreed to settle a consumer fraud lawsuit with the State of Arizona for $40 million over its diesel emissions scandal.
In November 2015, Brnovich filed a special action with the Arizona Supreme Court to remove Republican Susan Bitter Smith from her position on the Arizona Corporation Commission over allegations that she had violated state conflict-of-interest laws because of her work in the private sector involving cable companies that are overseen by the office she was elected to. Smith denied wrongdoing. Her subsequent resignation in January 2016 rendered Brnovich's lawsuit moot.
In 2018, the state announced that a consumer fraud settlement had been reached with General Motors ("GM") that would pay an additional $6.28 million in payments to Arizona consumers as part of claims related to GM's installation of faulty ignition switches.
In August 2016 the Arizona Attorney General's office took action in Maricopa County Superior Court and filed to intervene in over 1,000 lawsuits from an "advocacy" group that flooded courts with "copy and paste" disability access lawsuits targeting mostly small businesses. By intervening, the Attorney General's office made itself a part of the cases and argued that group, "Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities," exceeded their legal authority and that the group was not allowed to collect fees on these types of lawsuits. A judge agreed to allow the Attorney General's office to intervene and consolidated the cases while also preventing Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities from filing new lawsuits in September 2016. In December of that year the office filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuits. A judge granted the Attorney General's office request in February 2017, dismissing over 1,000 of the lawsuits.
In August 2016, the Arizona Attorney General's office took action in the Maricopa County Superior Court and filed to intervene in over 1,000 lawsuits initiated by an advocacy group that flooded courts with duplicative disability access lawsuits targeting mostly small businesses. By intervening, the Attorney General's office made itself a part of the cases and argued that the plaintiffs' group, Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities, exceeded its legal authority and was not allowed to collect fees on these types of lawsuits.
State Rep. Diego Rodriguez of Phoenix is running for attorney general after serving one term in the Arizona House of Representatives.
The Attorney General's Office provides legal advice to most state agencies and enforces consumer protection and civil rights laws. According to its website, it prosecutes financial crimes, conspiracies involving illegal drugs, white collar crime, organized crime, public corruption, environmental laws and crimes committed in more than one county.
Mayes previously served seven years on the Arizona Corporation Commission. Her attorney general campaign website states that she "helped create tens of thousands of high-paying jobs, saved Arizona consumers tens of billions of dollars, and fought climate change by requiring utilities to produce more clean energy."
Dawn Grove is a manufacturing executive and lawyer for her family's business, PING, an Arizona-based golf company. She has deep roots in the Arizona business community.
Rodney Glassman is an attorney and a U.S. Air Force reserve officer. He is a current member of the Unites States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
The Arizona Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Arizona, in the United States. This state officer is the head of the Arizona Department of Law, more commonly known as the Arizona Attorney General's Office. The state attorney general is a constitutionally-established officer, elected by the people of the state to a four-year term. The state attorney general is second (behind the Secretary …
The Arizona Constitution requires all of the officers in the state's executive department, including the attorney general, to be at least 25 years old, a U.S. citizen for 10 years and an Arizona resident for five years.
Arizona law further requires the attorney general to have been a "practicing attorney before the supreme court of the state" for at least five years before taking office, however the Arizona Supre…
While the state constitution establishes the office of Attorney General, it does not prescribe the powers of the office. Instead, the Arizona Constitution expressly provides that the powers and duties of the state attorney general are to be prescribed by the Arizona State Legislature. In pursuance of this constitutional mandate, the Arizona Legislature has prescribed that, under A.R.S. §41-193(A)(1) – §41-193(A)(8), the attorney general of Arizona, through the Arizona Departmen…
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