Letitia A. James
What this job does: The attorney general is the state's top lawyer. The office defends the state in court and brings lawsuits to protect consumers, workers, renters and the environment. It mostly handles civil cases; it prosecutes crimes only in certain areas, such as Medicaid fraud. A term is four years.
- Current office
- New York Attorney General (since January 1, 2019)
- Occupation
- Attorney general
Background
- Attorney general since January 2019. source: ag.ny.gov (state Attorney General)
- New York City public advocate from 2014 to 2018. source: en.wikipedia.org
- New York City Council member for Brooklyn's 35th District from 2004 to 2013; first elected on the Working Families Party line. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Earlier headed the attorney general's Brooklyn regional office and began as a public defender at the Legal Aid Society. source: ag.ny.gov (state Attorney General)
- Graduate of Lehman College and Howard University School of Law. source: ag.ny.gov (state Attorney General)
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- "We will continue to do the work of the People's Lawyer." source: ny1.com
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