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From Congress's creation of Washington, D.C.'s municipal government in 1802 until 1824, it did not have a city attorney position. Various local attorneys were retained for particular matters, including Francis Scott Key, best known as the author of the text of The Star-Spangled Banner, who was paid $60 in 1820 for legal services.
Brian Lawrence Schwalb (born 1967) is an American attorney and politician serving as the attorney general of the District of Columbia. Prior to becoming attorney general, Schwalb was the partner-in-charge of Venable LLP's D.C. office. [1] [2] He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Karl Anthony Racine [1] (born December 14, 1962) [2] is a Haitian-American lawyer and politician. He was the first independently elected Attorney General for the District of Columbia, a position he held from 2015 to 2023. [3]
PHOTO: Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew Graves, holds a press conference about violent crime in the District in Washington DC on December 20, 2024.
Washington, D.C.’s attorney general sued Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the company of covertly depriving residents in certain ZIP codes in the nation’s capital from access to Prime’s high ...
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine (D) announced Thursday his office has won a $4 million court judgment against ghost gun maker and distributor Polymer80. In a news release, Racine ...
The Attorney General of the District of Columbia is the chief legal officer of the District. Until a charter amendment in 2010 that made the office an elected position, the post was appointed by the Mayor. Following numerous election delays, Karl Racine was elected in 2014 and sworn into office in January 2015.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastThe attorney general for the District of Columbia will continue investigating whether Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration committee misspent more ...