O'Melveny &Myers LLP is an American multinational law firm founded in Los Angeles,California in 1885. The firm employs approximately 740 lawyers and has offices in California,Washington,D.C.,New York City,Beijing,Brussels,Hong Kong,London,Seoul,Shanghai,Singapore,and Tokyo.
Benjamin Richard Civiletti was an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney General during the Carter administration,from 1979 to 1981. The first Italian American to lead the U.S. Department of Justice,he previously served as the Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. Later he was a senior partner in the Baltimore-based law firm of Venable LLP. He specialized in commercial litigation and internal investigations working at Venable LLP.
Vinson &Elkins LLP is an international law firm with approximately 700 lawyers worldwide headquartered in Downtown Houston,Texas.
Foley &Lardner LLP is an international law firm founded in 1842. In terms of revenue,it ranked 48th on The American Lawyer's 2022 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms,with over $1 billion in gross revenue in 2021.
Peter Douglas Keisler is an American lawyer whose 2006 nomination by President George W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit became embroiled in partisan controversy. He is a partner at the firm of Sidley Austin in Washington,D.C.,and used to be the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. Upon the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales,until November 9,2007,he was also the Acting Attorney General of the United States.
Baker Botts L.L.P. is an American law firm with approximately 725 lawyers. Headquartered in One Shell Plaza in Downtown Houston,Texas,the firm has energy and technology related clients. It is the second-oldest law firm west of the Mississippi.
Paul K. Charlton is a former United States Attorney and current partner at the law firm of Dentons US LLP in the firm's Phoenix,Arizona office. Charlton concentrates his practice on high-profile and complex litigation,internal investigations and white-collar criminal defense. Charlton also represents a number of Arizona Native American governments,including Ak-Chin,Salt River Pima-Maricopa,Haulapai,the Navajo Nation,and Tohono O'odham.
Alston &Bird LLP is an American multinational law firm with over 800 lawyers in 13 offices throughout the United States,Europe,the UK,and Asia. The firm provides legal services to both domestic and international clients who conduct business worldwide. Alston &Bird has advised companies including Amazon.com,The Coca-Cola Company,Microsoft,Bank of America,Starbucks,Toyota,Dell,UPS,and Nokia. Since 2000,Fortune has ranked the firm in the 100 Best Companies to Work For list. The firm's core practices include intellectual property,complex litigation,corporate and tax,with national industry focusing on energy and sustainability,health care,financial services,and public policy.
David E. Nahmias is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 2021 to 2022. He is the former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
Venable LLP is an American law firm headquartered in Washington,D.C. It is the largest law firm in the state of Maryland. Founded in 1900 by Richard Venable in Baltimore,Venable operates 13 offices across the United States and employs about 850 professionals specializing in regulatory,litigation,corporate,and investigations matters.
David William Ogden,known professionally as David W. Ogden is an American lawyer who served as the deputy attorney general of the United States. An American lawyer,Ogden was also a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Defense during the administration of President Bill Clinton. He is a nationally recognized litigator and counselor in the Washington,DC.,office of the law firm WilmerHale,LLP.
Nathan Joseph Hochman is an American attorney and candidate for District Attorney of Los Angeles County.
Hogan Lovells is an American-British law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington,DC. The firm was formed in 2010 by the merger of the American law firm Hogan &Hartson and the British law firm Lovells. As of 2022,the firm employed about 2,500 lawyers,making it the sixth largest law firm in the world.
Karl Anthony Racine is a Haitian-American lawyer and politician. He was the first independently elected Attorney General for the District of Columbia,a position he held from 2015 to 2023. Before that,he was the managing partner of Venable LLP. As Attorney General,Racine received national attention for his work on antitrust matters,and in 2021 launched an eventually-dismissed antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.
The 2014 District of Columbia Attorney General election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Attorney General of Washington,D.C.,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in various states and elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
Glenn Frederick Ivey is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district since 2023. The district covers most of the Black-majority areas on the Maryland side of the Washington metropolitan area.
Steven Andrew Engel is an American lawyer. He served as the United States assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Trump administration. Engel,who previously worked in the George W. Bush administration as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel,was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31,2017,and confirmed on November 7,2017.
Robert Kyoung Hur is an American lawyer appointed by then-U.S. President Donald Trump to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the U.S. Department of Justice. Hur oversaw the 2023–2024 investigation into U.S. President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents during Biden's time as vice president.
The 2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the next attorney general for the District of Columbia. This was the third attorney general election in D.C. history.
Moxila A. Upadhyaya is a United States magistrate judge. Before becoming a magistrate judge in September 2022,she was a partner at the law firm Venable LLP.
