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.
Leonard Anthony Leo is an American lawyer and conservative legal activist. He was the longtime vice president of the Federalist Society and is currently,along with Steven Calabresi,the co-chairman of the organization's board of directors.
Philip Heath Mendelson is an American politician from Washington,D.C. He is currently Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia,elected by the Council on June 13,2012,following the resignation of Kwame R. Brown. He was elected to serve the remainder of Brown's term in a citywide special election on November 6,2012,and re-elected to a full term in 2014 and 2018.
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.
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.
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 2024,the firm employed about 2,800 lawyers,making it the sixth largest law firm in the world.
Kenyan R. McDuffie is an American lawyer and independent politician in Washington,D.C. He is an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia since 2023,after previously representing Ward 5 from 2012 to 2023.
The attorney general for the District of Columbia is the chief legal officer of the District of Columbia. While attorneys general previously were appointed by the mayor,District of Columbia voters approved a charter amendment in 2010 that made the office an elected position beginning in 2015. The current Attorney General is Brian Schwalb,who has served since January 2,2023.
Irvin Bertram Nathan is an American lawyer from Washington,DC. He served as the attorney general of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015. He was appointed in 2011 by Mayor Vincent C. Gray. He previously served as the general counsel of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Nathan announced his resignation the day after the November 2014 election,in which voters chose Karl Racine as the first elected attorney general of D.C.
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.
Lorelie Sue "Lorie" Masters is an American lawyer specializing in insurance litigation notable for her work supporting District of Columbia home rule and opposing human trafficking. She was a candidate for Attorney General of the District of Columbia in the 2014 election. She is currently a partner in the law firm of Hunton Andrews Kurth in Washington.
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.
Steven Andrew Engel is an American lawyer. He served as the United States assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel in the first 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.
On November 8,2022,Washington,D.C.,held an election for its mayor. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser was elected to a third term. The Republican nominee,Stacia Hall,received 2,368 votes in the primary,and independent candidate Rodney "Red" Grant garnered 4,700 signatures to gain ballot access. Both appeared on the general election ballot along with Libertarian Party candidate Dennis Sobin. D.C. Statehood Green Party nominee Corren Brown did not appear on the general election ballot.
The 85 Fund,also known as the Honest Elections Project,and formerly known as the Judicial Education Project,is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington D.C. It is among a network of conservative organizations associated with Leonard Leo,a longtime prominent figure in the Federalist Society,that are funded mostly by anonymous donors. The 85 Fund had revenue of over $65 million in 2020 and,with the Concord Fund,acts as a funding hub for other organizations in the Leo network.
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.
The District of Columbia is a political division coterminous with Washington,D.C.,the capital city of the United States. According to the Article One of the Constitution,only states may be represented in the United States Congress. The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation.
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.
