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The attorneys general of the Republic of Texas and the first four attorneys general under the 1845 state constitution were appointed by the governor. The office was made elective in 1850 by constitutional amendment. The attorney general is elected to a four-year term. In 2013, former Attorney General Greg Abbott announced he would not seek ...
Prosecuting attorney Brian Wice, center, speaks to the press after the resolution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 9-year-old felony state securities fraud case in a special deal with ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. American politician and lawyer Ken Paxton Paxton in 2021 51st Attorney General of Texas Incumbent Assumed office January 5, 2015 Suspended: May 27, 2023 – September 16, 2023 [a] Governor Rick Perry Greg Abbott Preceded by Greg Abbott Member of the Texas Senate from the 8th district In ...
Prosecuting attorneys Brian Wice turns to leave after speaking to the press after the resolution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 9-year-old felony state securities fraud case in a special ...
The securities fraud charges are among several other legal troubles Paxton has tried but failed to shake off, as former Texas Attorney General and current U.S. Sen. John Cornyn highlighted during ...
He served as the 48th Attorney General of Texas from January 15, 1991, through January 13, 1999, during the administrations of Governors Ann Richards and George W. Bush. As Attorney General, Morales reached a $17 billion settlement with big tobacco companies. He also authored the controversial state interpretation of the Hopwood v.
Embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton is due in a Harris County state District Court on Tuesday morning for a pretrial hearing before his scheduled April 15 trial on three felony securities fraud ...
In 2014, Mazzant was recommended to the Obama Administration as a judicial nominee by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. [4] On June 26, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Mazzant to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, to the seat vacated by Judge T. John Ward, who retired on October 1, 2011. [5]