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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.
The Solicitor General of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. Solicitor General, or DC Solicitor General, is the top appellate solicitor or lawyer for Washington, D.C. It is an appointed position in the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia that focuses on the office's major appellate cases. [1]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Her mother was a public school teacher and her father worked for the Washington, D.C., office of the corporation counsel. [1] She graduated from Phillips Academy in 2002. [2] Van Zile completed a B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale College. [1] In 2006, she joined Teach For America in New York where she earned a M.S. in teaching from Pace University.
In an eight-page letter, Danielle Sassoon quit her post as acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York instead of dropping the Adams case, saying the New York mayor’s attorneys ...