Janet Wood Reno was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States attorney general. Reno,a member of the Democratic Party,held the position from 1993 to 2001,making her the second-longest serving attorney general,behind only William Wirt.
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters. The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States.
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as United States senator from Alabama from 1997 to 2017 before resigning that position to serve as attorney general in the administration of President Donald Trump. Trump fired Sessions in 2018 due to his inaction and recusal from the Russian collusion probes.
Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City.
Xavier Becerra is an American attorney and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services,a position he has held since March 2021. He is the first Latino to hold this position in history. Becerra previously served as the attorney general of California from January 2017 until March 2021. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Becerra was chairman of the House Democratic Caucus from 2013 to 2017.
Herbert William "Herb" Titus was an American attorney,writer,and political candidate. He was the Constitution Party's nominee for Vice President during the 1996 presidential election.
The 1986 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 4,in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. The Republicans had to defend an unusually large number of freshman Senate incumbents who had been elected on President Ronald Reagan's coattails in 1980. Democrats won a net of eight seats,defeating seven freshman incumbents,picking up two Republican-held open seats,and regaining control of the Senate for the first time since January 1981. This remains the most recent midterm election cycle in which the sitting president's party suffered net losses while still flipping a Senate seat.
The 1980 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,coinciding with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. The 34 Senate seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955. This was the first time since 1966 that any party successfully defended all their own seats.
Richard Adams Cordray is an American lawyer and politician who served from 2021 to 2024 as COO of Federal Student Aid in the United States Department of Education. From 2012 to 2017,he served as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Before that,Cordray variously served as Ohio's attorney general,solicitor general,and treasurer. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio in 2018.
The University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law,also known as South Carolina Law School,is a professional school within the University of South Carolina. Founded in 1867,it is the only public and non-profit law school in South Carolina. It has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1925 and a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 1924.
The United States Court for the Middle District of Louisiana comprises the parishes of Ascension,East Baton Rouge,East Feliciana,Iberville,Livingston,Pointe Coupee,St. Helena,West Baton Rouge,and West Feliciana. Court is held at the Russell B. Long United States Courthouse in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. It falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
On December 7,2006,the George W. Bush administration's Department of Justice ordered the midterm dismissal of seven United States attorneys. Congressional investigations focused on whether the Department of Justice and the White House were using the U.S. attorney positions for political advantage. The allegations were that some of the attorneys were targeted for dismissal to impede investigations of Republican politicians or that some were targeted for their failure to initiate investigations that would damage Democratic politicians or hamper Democratic-leaning voters. The U.S. attorneys were replaced with interim appointees under provisions in the 2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization.
Pro se legal representation means to argue on one's own behalf in a legal proceeding,as a defendant or plaintiff in civil cases,or a defendant in criminal cases,rather than have representation from counsel or an attorney.
Preetinder Singh Bharara is an Indian-born American lawyer and former federal prosecutor who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017. He is currently a partner at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for five years prior to leading the Southern District of New York.
Jose Guerena was a U.S. Marine veteran who served in the Iraq War and who was killed in his Tucson,Arizona,home on May 5,2011,by the Pima County Sheriff's Department SWAT team. Deputies were executing a warrant to search Guerena's home while investigating a case involving marijuana being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico.
Mahmoud Reza Banki is an Iranian-American scientist,management consultant and business executive. Since November 2024,he is the CFO of X Corp.
The 2022 New York Attorney General election was held on November 8,2022. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Letitia James was eligible for re-election,but originally decided to run for Governor of New York in 2022. On December 9,2021,however,she suspended her gubernatorial campaign and announced that she would seek re-election as attorney general. Republicans nominated Michael Henry,an attorney from Queens. James defeated Henry by a margin of 9.2%,from her 27.2% victory in 2018.
