Arizona Attorney General
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| Attorney General of Arizona | |
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Seal of the Attorney General of Arizona
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Term length | Four years, can succeed self once; eligible again after 4-year respite |
| Formation | 1912 |
| Deputy | None |
| Salary | $90,000 |
| Website | Arizona Attorney General |
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:[1]
- Executive Office
- Solicitor General
- Operations
- Child and Family Protection
- State Government Division
- Civil Litigation Division
- Criminal
The organizational chart is available online.[2]
Contents
Arizona Attorneys General
Arizona Territory
- Coles Bashford 1864 - 1866
- 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
| # | Name | Political Party | Term of Office |
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| 1 | George Purdy Bullard | Democratic | 1912 - 1915 |
| 2 | Wiley E. Jones | Democratic | 1915 - 1921 |
| 3 | W. J. Galbraith | Republican | 1921 - 1923 |
| 4 | John W. Murphy | Democratic | 1923 - 1928 |
| 5 | K. Berry Peterson | Democratic | 1928 - 1933 |
| 6 | Arthur T. La Prade | Democratic | 1933 - 1935 |
| 7 | John L. Sullivan | Democratic | 1935 - 1937 |
| 8 | Joe Conway | Democratic | 1937 - 1944 |
| 10 | John L. Sullivan | Democratic | 1944 - 1948 |
| 11 | Evo Anton DeConcini | Democratic | 1948 - 1949 |
| 12 | Fred O. Wilson | Democratic | 1949 - 1953 |
| 13 | Ross F. Jones | Republican | 1953 - 1955 |
| 14 | Robert Morrison | Democratic | 1955 - 1960 |
| 15 | Wade Church | Democratic | 1960 - 1961 |
| 16 | Robert Pickrell | Democratic | 1961 - 1965 |
| 17 | Darrell F. Smith | Republican | 1965 - 1968 |
| 18 | Gary K. Nelson | Republican | 1969 - 1974 |
| 19 | N. Warner Lee | Republican | 1974 - 1975 |
| 20 | Bruce Babbitt | Democratic | 1975 - 1978 |
| 21 | John A. (“Jack”) LaSota, Jr. | Democratic | 1978 - 1979 |
| 22 | Bob Corbin | Republican | 1979 - 1991 |
| 23 | Grant Woods | Republican | 1991 - 1999 |
| 24 | Janet Napolitano | Democratic | 1999-2002 |
| 25 | Terry Goddard | Democratic | 2002 - 2011 |
| 26 | Tom Horne | Republican | 2011 - 2015 |
| 27 | Mark Brnovich | Republican | 2015– |
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
 Arizona statewide elected officials |
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