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
Recruitment and Retention within the offices of the state attorneys general, Memo to Attorneys General-Elect from James E. Tierney (November 2008)
Overview of the Powers and Duties of the Office of State Attorney 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)

2010

20 states and U.S. territories elected or appointed new attorneys general in the November elections. View NAAG's release on the new attorneys general, including short biographies of each.

Alabama: Luther Strange (bio)

Alaska: John Burns

Arizona: Tom Horne (bio)

California: Kamala Harris (bio)

Harris Promises to Be Activist Attorney General (January 4, 2011)

Connecticut: George Jepsen (bio)

AG Program Podcast featuring New Connecticut AG George Jepsen (February 8, 2011)

District of Columbia: Irvin Nathan (bio)

Florida: Pam Bondi (bio)

Georgia: Sam Olens (bio)

Georgia's New Attorney General Off to Fast Start (February 15, 2011)

Guam: Leonardo Rapadas