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| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
| Headquarters | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Employees | 500+ attorneys |
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| Website | www |
Pennsylvania Governor's Office of General Counsel is an executive-level agency in Pennsylvania providing legal services to all executive agencies, boards, and commissions and select independent agencies of the Government of Pennsylvania. [1] It is governed by the Commonwealth Attorneys Act of 1980. [2]
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John Andrew "Drew" Crompton was a Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as chief of staff and counsel for Pennsylvania Senate Pro-Tempore Joe Scarnati. He served as deputy campaign manager for policy for Lynn Swann's 2006 campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he was chief counsel for Scarnati's predecessor as Pennsylvania Senate Pro-Tempore, Robert Jubelirer.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) is the Pennsylvania state agency that is responsible for the confinement, care, and rehabilitation of approximately 37,000 inmates at state correctional facilities funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The agency is headquartered in Hampden Township, Cumberland County in Greater Harrisburg, near Mechanicsburg.
The Pennsylvania Department of General Services ('DGS) is an agency of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that supports the core operations of the Pennsylvania state government.
James J. Eisenhower is an American lawyer and judge from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is a judge on the Pennsylvania First Judicial District's Court of Common Pleas. He was previously a Judge of the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline. Eisenhower was Of Counsel at Philadelphia law firm Dilworth Paxson LLP. His practice centered around white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, compliance, ethics and campaign finance matters.
The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities is a cabinet-level agency in Pennsylvania.
Leslie Anne Miller is a Pennsylvania attorney and philanthropist who served as General Counsel of Pennsylvania under Governor Ed Rendell.
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Bruce Beemer is an American attorney and jurist serving as a judge on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. He served as the 49th Pennsylvania Attorney General from 2016 to 2017 and as Inspector General of Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2019. He was nominated to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas by Governor Tom Wolf and unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate in November 2019. He was sworn in on January 3, 2020.
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