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Alabama Attorney General

Chief legal officer of the U.S. state of Alabama

Chief legal officer of the U.S. state of Alabama

FieldValue
postAttorney General of Alabama
insigniaSeal of the Attorney General of Alabama.svg
insigniacaptionSeal of the attorney general of Alabama
imageSteve Marshall (41773693585).jpg
incumbentSteve Marshall
incumbentsinceFebruary 10, 2017
typeConstitutional officer
departmentGovernment of Alabama
residenceMontgomery, Alabama
appointerElected
termlengthFour years, renewable once consecutively
formation1819
firstHenry Hitchcock
successionFourth
websitehttps://www.alabamaag.gov/

The attorney general of Alabama is an elected, constitutional officer of the State of Alabama. The office of the attorney general is located at the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Henry Hitchcock was elected Alabama's first attorney general in 1819.

Duties

As is common in many states, the attorney general is the chief lawyer of the state. He is called upon as the chief defender of the laws of Alabama, the lawyer for state officials and represents the state in all matters brought before a court of law or tribunal. The attorney general (AG) also provides advisory opinions to local and state governments when questions arise about the constitutionality of proposed laws and regulations. It is the task of the attorney general to represent the state when questions arise concerning various criminal sentences including the death penalty.

From time to time, the attorney general may begin legal proceedings on behalf of the state or on behalf of consumers damaged by illegal or bad faith commercial transactions.

Organization

Eight divisions comprise the attorney general's office. Those divisions include: a General Crimes Division, a Public Corruption Division, Civil Division, Appellate Division, Consumer Protection Division, Constitutional Defense Division and a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Division chiefs include Clay J. Crenshaw, Olivia Martin, Billington Garret, M. Matt Hart, Bruce M. Lieberman, and Azzie Taylor.

List of attorneys general of Alabama

The chief deputy attorney general is Alice Martin Andrew Brasher previously served as the solicitor general from 2014-2019; Edmund LaCour is the current solicitor general.

#ImageNameTook officeLeft officeParty
1[[File:Henry Hitchcock (Alabama).jpg60px]]Henry Hitchcock18191823
2Thomas White18231825
3Constantine Perkins18251832
4Peter Martin18321836
5[[File:Alexander Meek.jpg60px]]Alexander Meek18361836
6John D. Phelan18361838Democratic
7[[File:Lincoln Clark (Iowa Congressman).jpg60px]]Lincoln Clark18381839Democratic
8Matthew W. Lindsay18391843
9Thomas D. Clarke18431847
10William H. Martin18471847
11Marion A. Baldwin18471865
12[[File:John W. A. Sanford Jr.jpg60px]]John W. A. Sanford18651868
13Benjamin Gardner18681870
14[[File:John W. A. Sanford Jr.jpg60px]]John W. A. Sanford18701872
15Henry Tompkins18781884
16Thomas McClellan18841889
17William L. Martin18891894
18William C. Fitts18941898
19Charles G. Brown18981903
20Massey Wilson19031907
21Alexander M. Garber19071911Democratic
22Robert Brickell19111915Democratic
23William Logan Martin19151918
24F. Lloyd Tate19181918
25Emmet S. Thigpen19181919
26James Q. Smith19191921Democratic
27Harwell G. Davis19211927Democratic
28Charlie C. McCall19271931
29[[File:Thomas E. Knight.jpg60px]]Thomas E. Knight19311935Democratic
30Albert A. Carmichael19351939
31Thomas S. Lawson19391942
32William N. McQueen19431947Democratic
33Albert A. Carmichael19471951
34Si Garrett19511954
35Bernard Sykes19541955
36[[File:John Malcolm Patterson.jpg60px]]John M. Patterson19551959Democratic
37MacDonald Gallion19591963Democratic
38Richmond Flowers Sr.19631967Democratic
39MacDonald Gallion19671971Democratic
40[[File:Bill Baxley (cropped).png60px]]Bill Baxley19711979Democratic
41[[File:Charles Graddick.png60px]]Charles Graddick19791987Democratic
42[[File:Don Siegelman at Netroots Nation 2008 (cropped).jpg60px]]Don Siegelman19871991Democratic
43Jimmy Evans19911995Democratic
44[[File:Jeff Sessions as a U.S. Senator in 1997.png60px]]Jeff Sessions19951997Republican
45[[File:Portrait of US federal judge William H. Pryor, Jr.jpg60px]]William H. Pryor Jr.19972004Republican
46Troy King20042011Republican
47[[File:S001202 Luther Strange.jpg60px]]Luther Strange20112017Republican
48[[File:Steve Marshall (41773693585).jpg60px]]Steve Marshall2017presentRepublican

References

References

  1. "State of Alabama | Office of the Attorney General".
  2. "State of Alabama | Office of the Attorney General".
  3. "State of Alabama | Office of the Attorney General".
  4. "State of Alabama | Office of the Attorney General".
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