The Arizona Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the state of Arizona, in the United States. It is an independent, constitutionally mandated office, elected by the people of the state to a four-year term.
The Attorney General's Office is the largest law office in Arizona, with approximately 400 attorneys and 1,000 employees. The Attorney General's Office is divided into the following departments:
- Executive Office
- Solicitor General
- Operations
- Child and Family Protection
- State Government Division
- Civil Litigation Division
- Criminal
The organizational chart is available online.
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Qualifications
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 five years, however the Arizona Supreme Court ruled the law unconstitutional during the appointment process of Jack LaSota in 1977. LaSota had not renewed his state bar membership and was therefore not considered a practicing attorney.
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Arizona Attorneys General
Arizona Territory
- Coles Bashford 1864-1866
- John A. Rush 1866-1867
- Granville Henderson Oury 1869
- J. E. McCaffry ca. 1872
- Clark Churchill 1884-1887
- Briggs Goodrich 1887-1888
- John A. Rush 1888-1889
- Clark Churchill 1889-1892
- William Herring 1892-1893
- John C. Herndon 1893
- Francis J. Heney 1893-1895
- Thomas D. Satterwhite 1895-1896
- John Frank Wilson 1896-1897
- C. M. Frazier 1898
- Charles F. Ainsworth 1898-1902
- Edmund W. Wells 1902-1904
- Joseph H. Kibbey 1904-1905
- E. S. Clark 1905-1910
- John B. Wright 1910-1912
State of Arizona
References
- [1] Arizona Attorney General Opinions
External links
- Arizona Attorney General official website
- Arizona Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- Arizona Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- Arizona Revised Statutes at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Arizona" at FindLaw
- State Bar of Arizona
- Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at Arizona Attorney General's office
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