New AG Corner

Besides highlighting the new attorneys general as they take office, the New AG Corner will contain important training materials and other resources that will educate new AG's and their key deputies on affirmative legal issues that all AG's address, such as antitrust, consumer protection, immigration, employment, criminal justice, predatory lending, and developing working relationships with civil society.

Training Materials
Overview of the Powers and Duties of the Office of State Attorney General, Memo to Attorneys General-Elect from James E. Tierney (November 2012)

Recruitment and Retention within the offices of the state attorneys general, Memo to Attorneys General-Elect from James E. Tierney (November 2008)
Getting Started, Memo to Attorneys General-Elect from James E. Tierney (November 25, 2006)

The Planning and Conduct of an Attorney General Retreat, prepared for the NAAG Management Series from James E. Tierney (1994)

2012

Ten states held elections on November 6^th for state attorneys general.

Indiana: Greg Zoeller (Incumbent)

Missouri: Chris Koster (Incumbent)

Montana: Tim Fox

Tim Fox Wins Montana Attorney General Race Billings Gazette (Nov. 7, 2012)

Tim Fox takes over as first Republican Montana attorney general in 20 years (Feb. 24, 2013)

North Carolina: Roy Cooper (Incumbent)

Oregon: Ellen Rosenblum (Incumbent)

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum Easily Captures Four-Year Term The Oregonian (Nov. 6, 2012)

Pennsylvania: Kathleen Kane