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Connecticut Attorney General

Attorney general for the U.S. state of Connecticut

Field	Value
post	Connecticut Attorney General
insignia	Connecticut Attorney General Seal.png
insigniacaption	Seal of the attorney general
image	File:Richard Blumenthal and William Tong (cropped).jpg
imagesize
alt
incumbent	William Tong
incumbentsince	January 9, 2019
department	Department of Law
style	The Honorable
termlength	Four years
termlength_qualified	No limit
constituting_instrument	Constitution of Connecticut, Executive Law
formation	1897
first	Charles Phelps
succession	Election by joint session of Connecticut General Assembly
website

The Connecticut attorney general is the state attorney general of Connecticut.

The attorney general is elected to a four-year term. According to state statute, eligibility for the office requires being "an attorney at law of at least ten years' active practice at the bar of this state." A State Supreme Court ruling from 2010, Bysiewicz v. Dinardo Et Al. (SC 18612) attempted to clarify this statute. The court's ruling sets a de facto 10-year residency requirement for candidates and bars those with no litigation experience, although "litigation experience" was left undefined. These requirements are stronger than other states in the area. In New York, the only requirements are being a resident for five years and at least 30 years old. In Massachusetts, the only requirements are being admitted to the state bar and having US citizenship for five years.

The Office of the Attorney General was officially created by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1897. The current attorney general is William Tong, a Democrat serving since January 9, 2019.

Unlike other states, the Connecticut Attorney General is not responsible for criminal prosecution in Connecticut. In Connecticut the Attorney General generally exercises only civil jurisdiction. The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of all criminal matters in the State of Connecticut overseen by the Chief State's Attorney.

List of attorneys general

;Parties

Image	Name	Town	Political party	Term
[[File:Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans (1906) (14780862274) (3x4a).jpg	60px]]	Charles Phelps	Vernon	Republican	1899–1903
	William A. King	Windham	Republican	1903–1907
[[File:HOLCOMB, M.H. GOVERNOR LCCN2016859442 (3x4a).jpg	60px]]	Marcus H. Holcomb	Southington	Republican	1907–1910
[[File:Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans (1906) (14803111273).jpg	60px]]	John H. Light	Norwalk	Republican	1910–1915
[[File:Judge George E. Hinman.jpg	60px]]	George E. Hinman	Windham	Republican	1915–1919
	Frank E. Healy	Windsor Locks	Republican	1919–1927
	Benjamin W. Alling	New Britain	Republican	1927–1931
[[File:Warren B Burrows.jpg	60px]]	Warren B. Burrows	Groton	Republican	1931–1935
	Edward J. Daly	Hartford	Democratic	1935–1937
	Charles J. McLaughlin	West Hartford	Democratic	1937–1938
	Dennis P. O'Connor	Hartford	Democratic	1938–1939
[[File:Francis A. Pallotti (1886–1946), Secretary of the State of Connecticut (1923–29) and Connecticut Attorney General (1939–45).jpg	60px]]	Francis A. Pallotti	Hartford	Republican	1939–1945
[[File:William L. Hadden.png	60px]]	William L. Hadden	West Haven	Republican	1945–1951
[[File:George C. Conway.jpg	60px]]	George C. Conway	Guilford	Republican	1951–1953
[[File:William L. Beers.png	60px]]	William L. Beers	New Haven	Republican	1953–1955
[[File:John J. Bracken.png	60px]]	John J. Bracken	Hartford	Republican	1955–1959
[[File:Albert L. Coles.png	60px]]	Albert L. Coles	Bridgeport	Democratic	1959–1963
	Harold M. Mulvey	New Haven	Democratic	1963–1968
	Robert K. Killian	Hartford	Democratic	1968–1975
[[File:Carl R. Ajello.png	60px]]	Carl R. Ajello	Ansonia	Democratic	1975–1983
[[File:Joe Lieberman.jpg	60px]]	Joe Lieberman	Stamford	Democratic	1983–1989
	Clarine Nardi Riddle	New Haven	Democratic	1989–1991
[[File:Richard Blumenthal portrait.jpg	60px]]	Richard Blumenthal	Greenwich	Democratic	1991–2011
[[File:George Jepsen.jpg	60px]]	George Jepsen	Hartford	Democratic	2011–2019
[[File:William Tong Stamford Connecticut (cropped).jpg	60px]]	William Tong	Stamford	Democratic	2019–

References

"Chapter 35 Attorney General".
"Bysiewicz v. Dinardo (2010)".
(29 November 2017). "Thinking of entering the A.G. sweepstakes? You better read this".
(29 November 2017). "Thinking of entering the A.G. sweepstakes? You better read this".
"About Us".

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