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  1. Alberto Gonzales

    Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) was the 80th Attorney General of the United States. Gonzales was appointed to the post in February 2005 by President George W. Bush. While Bush was Governor of Texas, Gonzales had served as his general counsel (1994-1997). Subsequently he served as Secretary of State of Texas (1997-1999) and then on the Texas Supreme Court (1999-2000). From 2001 to 2005, Gonzales served in the Bush Administration as White House Counsel.

  2. John Ashcroft

    John David Ashcroft was the 79th Attorney General of the United States. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985–1993) and a U.S. Senator from Missouri (1995–2001). He is the author of several books, including: "On My Honor: The Beliefs that Shape My Life", "Lessons from a Father to his Son," and most recently, …

  3. Eliot Spitzer

    Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10 1959) is an American lawyer, politician and the former Governor of New York. Spitzer was elected governor in the November 2006 election. He is the former New York State Attorney General, a member of the Democratic Party, and is married to Silda Wall Spitzer, the founder and chair of Children for Children, a non-profit organization. The Spitzers have three daughters.

  4. Janet Reno

    Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938) was the first female Attorney General of the United States (1993-2001). She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11. She was the second longest serving Attorney General after William Wirt.

  5. Charlie Crist

    Charlie Crist , Attorney General (State of Florida)

  6. Bill Lockyer

    William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is the current State Treasurer of California. Prior to this, he served as California's Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice for the U.S. state of California. He was elected in 1999 on the Democratic ticket, and was replaced by Jerry Brown in 2007. Previously he was a member of the California State Assembly and served as President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate.

  7. Bill Gates

    William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock. "Forbes" magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995, …

  8. Richard Blumenthal

    Richard Blumenthal Attorney General

  9. Jerry Brown

    Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938), is the Attorney General for the state of California. Brown has had a lengthy political career spanning terms on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees (1969-1971), as California Secretary of State (1971-1975), as Governor of California (1975-1983), as chair of the California Democratic Party (1989-1991), and as Mayor of Oakland (1998-2006).

  10. Michael B. Mukasey

    Michael Mukasey , who prepped for the job in the federal judiciary while Gonzales was the president's lapdog, is a rocket scientist by comparison. After hoodwinking the Senate into confirming him because he promised that he'd have to look into this torture stuff, Mukasey has gone to great lengths to defend its use while approving an "independent" investigation into the darkest of all the dark aspects of the Bush administration that is anything but.

  11. Bill McCollum

    Ira William "Bill" McCollum, Jr. (born July 12, 1944 in Brooksville, Florida) is the current Florida Attorney General and a former Republican Congressman from Florida.

  12. Marc Dann

    Dann earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1984 from the University of Michigan and a law degree in 1987 from Case Western Reserve University . Dann practiced law in Youngstown, Ohio, and became active in Democratic Party politics. His disciplinary record as attorney consisted of a single reprimand from the Ohio Supreme Court for handling a 2002 alimony case without proper preparation.

  13. John Cornyn

    John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Texas. He is a Republican and was elected to his first term in November 2002, defeating Democrat Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas, Texas. Cornyn was born in Houston, Texas to Atholene Gale Danley and John Cornyn II. He graduated from Trinity University in 1973, where he majored in journalism and was a member of the local fraternity Chi Delta Tau. He earned a J.D. from St.

  14. Patrick Fitzgerald

    Patrick J. Fitzgerald (born December 22, 1960) is an American attorney and the current United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. On December 30 2003, after then-Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself from the CIA leak grand jury investigation of the Plame affair due to conflicts of interest, Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey, acting as Attorney General in Ashcroft's place, …

  15. Jay Nixon

    Attorney General Jay Nixon

  16. Lisa Madigan

    ATTORNEY GENERAL LISA MADIGAN Lisa Madigan (Democrat) was elected to her second term as Attorney General on Nov. 7, 2006, earning the largest vote total of any statewide candidate. As the lawyer for the people of Illinois, Madigan has led efforts to restore integrity to gaming, safeguard children from threats over the internet, better protect women and children from sex offenders, and stop the spread of methamphetamine.

  17. Edwin Meese

    Mr. Meese served as attorney general of the United States from 1985 to 1988, during which time he championed what he termed the "jurisprudence of original intent." Calling for fidelity to the intentions of the Constitution's framers and ratifiers, he opposed the judicial activism of the modern Supreme Court and helped bring about the nomination and confirmation of Supreme Court justices and hundreds of federal court judges pledged to the philosophy of judicial restraint.

  18. Sheldon Whitehouse

    Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is the Junior Senator from the state of Rhode Island. A Democrat, he previously served as United States Attorney (1994-1998) and state Attorney General for Rhode Island.Whitehouse was born in New York City, New York, the son of Mary Celine Rand and career diplomat Charles S. Whitehouse , and grandson of diplomat Sheldon Whitehouse . He graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and from Yale University in 1978.

  19. Troy King

    Attorney General Troy King Address, phone and email are on his website. You are thereby invited to use them freely!

  20. Ken Salazar

    Senator Salazar, one of three Latino senators currently in office, is a fifth generation Colorado farmer and rancher. Despite pride in his Hispanic heritage, he is emphatic that he represents national interests in security, energy independence, agriculture, health care and the environment, and has often reached across the aisle to achieve his legislative goals. "I am a Senator for Mexican-Americans, for Latinos, for Afro-Americans, for White women, men.

  21. Mike Cox

    Mike Cox (born 1961) is the 52<sup>nd</sup> Michigan Attorney General, having served since January 1, 2003. He is the first Republican in 48 years to serve as Attorney General of Michigan. He won re-election in 2006, defeating Democratic candidate Amos Williams, an attorney from Detroit. Current Michigan Governor, Jennifer M. Granholm preceded him as the state's 51st Attorney General.

  22. Tom Corbett

    Attorney General Tom Corbett (center) joined state Reps. Keith Gillespie (left) and Stan Saylor (right) at their Senior Information Meeting to present a seminar on protection from identity theft and other crimes and scams directed at seniors. For more information on this event, click here .

  23. Martha Coakley

    Martha Coakley (b. July 14, 1953) is the Attorney General of Massachusetts. She was sworn in on January 17, 2007. The former District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, having served from January 1999 to January 2007, she was the District Attorney involved in the forthcoming Neil Entwistle double murder trial. Coakley was elected Attorney General in the 2006 general election as a Democrat, defeating Republican Larry Frisoli with 73% of the vote.

  24. Rob McKenna

    Robert ("Rob") McKenna, a Republican from Bellevue, Washington, was elected Washington State Attorney General in November 2004. It was his first run for state-wide office, but he had previously been a three-term member of the King County Council, representing Bellevue, Mercer Island, Kirkland, Newcastle, and much of Renton. His re-elections were without opposition and was twice rated "Outstanding" by the Municipal League. In 2004, he defeated political novice Mike Vaska, …

  25. Kyle Sampson

    D. Kyle Sampson (born in Cedar City, Utah) was the Chief of Staff and Counselor of United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. He resigned on March 12 2007, amid the growing controversy surrounding the firing of eight United States Attorneys in 2006.

  26. Monica Goodling

    Monica Marie Goodling (born August 6, 1973) is a former United States government lawyer and political appointee in the George W. Bush administration who came to prominence in 2007 in the midst of a political controversy surrounding the firings of several U.S. attorneys. She was the Director of Public Affairs for the United States Department of Justice, serving under Attorneys General John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales.

  27. Janet Napolitano

    Janet Napolitano, elected governor that fall, made the newspaper's mission her own. Fixing CPS, she announced, would be one of her top priorities. Children needed to be protected.

  28. Mark Shurtleff

    Salt Lake County Commissioner, Mark Shurtleff , is a native Utahn. He is currently a resident of Sandy where he lives with his wife, M'Liss and his five children. Mark has a double major from Brigham Young University in Political Science and International Relations. He obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1985 and studied Medical and Health Care Law at he San Diego School of Law.

  29. Bob McDonnell

    Robert F. McDonnell (born June 15, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), a Republican, is the Attorney General of Virginia. He has also served in the Virginia House of Delegates for the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia from 1992-2005. He is married to Maureen Patricia Gardner, and they have five children. Bob McDonnell is a 1972 graduate from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He later received a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1976.

  30. Sibel Edmonds

    Sibel Deniz Edmonds is a Turkish-American former FBI translator and founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC). Edmonds was fired from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March, 2002, after she accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving foreign nationals, alleging serious acts of security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence which, she contended, …

  31. Steve Carter

    Steve Carter is the current attorney general of the state of Indiana, United States, elected 2000, reelected 2004. He previously served as the Chief of Staff to Indiana Lt. Governor John M. Mutz. A.G. Carter is a past President of the National Association of Attorneys General.

  32. Phill Kline

    Phillip D. "Phill" Kline (born December 31, 1959) is the District Attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, USA. From January 2003 to January 2007, he was the Attorney General of Kansas. Kline, a member of the Republican Party, lost re-election as Attorney General to Democratic challenger Paul Morrison on November 7, 2006, 58%-41%. Kline became the District Attorney of Johnson County on the day he left office as Attorney General, effectively "switching jobs" with Morrison.

  33. Jim Hood

    Jim Hood is the Attorney General of Mississippi. A Democrat, he was elected in 2003, defeating the Republican nominee, Scott Newton, though many other positions in the Mississippi state government were taken by Republicans. Hood, a former District Attorney, succeeded Mike Moore. He is a native of Houlka, Mississippi in Chickasaw County. In 2005, Hood prosecuted former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen for orchestrating the murder of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, …

  34. Hardy Myers

    Attorney General Hardy Myers today released a list of legal issues arising in the wake of the United States’ Supreme Court’s recent opinion affirming federal authority to prosecute Oregonians for violation of federal laws prohibiting the possession and cultivation of marijuana. The questions being analyzed by the Attorney General at the request of the Department of Human Services are:

  35. Menachem Mazuz

    Menachem Mazuz (born 1955) is an Israeli jurist, who currently serves as Israel's Attorney General. Mazuz was born in Djerba, Tunisia. His family immigrated to Israel during his childhood, settling in Netivot. Mazuz served his compulsory military service in the IDF Armor Corps, and then studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning his law degree in 1980 specializing in public and administrative law.

  36. Greg Stumbo

    Gregory D. "Greg" Stumbo is the Democratic Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (2003 – present). He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives for twelve terms. Stumbo was Kentucky's longest-serving House Majority Leader (1980 – 2003) and as Majority Leader in the House (1985 – 2003). A native of Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Stumbo served as Assistant Floyd County Attorney and held the position of Martin city attorney for three years.

  37. Robert Bork

    Robert Heron Bork (born March 1, 1927) is a conservative American legal scholar who advocates the judicial philosophy of originalism. Bork formerly served as Solicitor General, acting Attorney General, and circuit judge for United States Court of Appeals. In 1987, he was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan, but he was not confirmed by the Senate. Currently, Bork is a lawyer, law professor, best-selling author, …

  38. Jefferson Davis

    Jefferson "Jeff" Davis (6 May 1862 - 3 January 1913) was a Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and also served as governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

  39. David Limbaugh

    David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His book "Bankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic Party" (Regnery) was recently released in paperback. To find out more about David Limbaugh , please visit his website, www.davidlimbaugh.com . And to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website .

  40. Jon Bruning

    Jon Bruning (b. April 30, 1969, Lincoln) Attorney General of the state of Nebraska, United States, elected in 2002 and reelected in 2006. He is a fifth-generation Nebraskan. A Republican, Bruning is the youngest Attorney General in Nebraska's history. He is chairman of the Nebraska Crime Commission and serves on the Nebraska Board of Pardons. Bruning was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1996 and 2000 and served six years (four years for his first term, …

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