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{{short description|Attorney general for Maryland, U.S.}}
{{short description|Attorney general for Maryland, U.S.}}
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|incumbent = [[Brian Frosh]]
|incumbent = [[Anthony Brown (Maryland politician)|Anthony Brown]]
|incumbentsince = January 21, 2015
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The '''Attorney General of the State of Maryland''' is the [[chief legal officer]] of the State of [[Maryland]] in the [[United States]] and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have lived and practiced law in the state for at least ten years.
The '''Attorney General of the State of Maryland''' is the [[chief legal officer]] of the State of [[Maryland]] in the [[United States]] and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have lived and practiced law in the state for at least ten years.


The attorney general has general charge, supervision and direction of the legal business of the State. The attorney general is the legal advisor and representative of the [[Governor of Maryland|Governor]], the [[Maryland General Assembly|General Assembly]], the [[Maryland Court of Appeals|Judiciary]], and the major departments, various boards, commissions, officials and institutions of State Government. The office further represents the State in all cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the State, and in the [[United States Supreme Court]] and lower Federal Courts. As of 2015, the attorney general is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Brian Frosh]].
The attorney general has general charge, supervision and direction of the legal business of the State. The attorney general is the legal advisor and representative of the [[Governor of Maryland|Governor]], the [[Maryland General Assembly|General Assembly]], the [[Maryland Court of Appeals|Judiciary]], and the major departments, various boards, commissions, officials and institutions of State Government. The office further represents the State in all cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the State, and in the [[United States Supreme Court]] and lower Federal Courts. As of 2023, the attorney general is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Anthony Brown (Maryland politician)|Anthony Brown]].


== Summary of powers ==
== Summary of powers ==
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* The Attorney General may obtain a court order prohibiting the guarantor or service contract provider from further violations in this State.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Maryland Statutes :: Commercial Law :: Title 14 – Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions :: Subtitle 4 – Maryland Service Contracts and Consumer Products Guaranty Act |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2020/commercial-law/title-14/subtitle-4/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Justia Law |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Maryland Statutes :: Commercial Law :: Title 14 – Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions :: Subtitle 4 – Maryland Service Contracts and Consumer Products Guaranty Act :: Section 14-406 – Action by Attorney General |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2020/commercial-law/title-14/subtitle-4/section-14-406/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Justia Law |language=en}}</ref>
* The Attorney General may obtain a court order prohibiting the guarantor or service contract provider from further violations in this State.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Maryland Statutes :: Commercial Law :: Title 14 – Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions :: Subtitle 4 – Maryland Service Contracts and Consumer Products Guaranty Act |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2020/commercial-law/title-14/subtitle-4/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Justia Law |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Maryland Statutes :: Commercial Law :: Title 14 – Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions :: Subtitle 4 – Maryland Service Contracts and Consumer Products Guaranty Act :: Section 14-406 – Action by Attorney General |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2020/commercial-law/title-14/subtitle-4/section-14-406/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Justia Law |language=en}}</ref>


==List of the attorneys general of Maryland==
== Colonial attorneys general ==
{{anchor|List of the colonial Attorneys General of Maryland}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Colonial attorneys general of Maryland<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maryland Attorneys General, 1657- |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/attygen1.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref>
!Image
!Name
!Term
!Home
|-
|
|Lt. Richard Smith, Sr.
|1657–1660/61
|Calvert County
|-
|
|Capt. Thomas Manning
|1660/61–1666
|Calvert County
|-
|
|Col. William Calvert
|1666–1670
|St. Mary's City
|-
|
|Col. Vincent Lowe
|1670–1676
|Talbot County
|-
|
|Kenelm Cheseldyne
|1676–1681
|St. Mary's City
|-
|
|Thomas Burford
|1681–1686/87
|Charles County
|-
|
|Robert Carvile
|1688
|St. Mary's City
|-
|[[File:Charles Carroll the Settler (1700–1720).jpg|frameless|133x133px]]
|[[Charles Carroll the Settler|Charles Carroll]]
|1688–1689
|St. Mary's City & Anne Arundel County
|-
|
|Col. George Plater, I
|1691–1692
|St. Mary's County
|-
|
|Edward Wynn
|1692
|St. Mary's County
|-
|
|Col. George Plater, I
|1692–1698
|St. Mary's County
|-
|
|Maj. William Dent
|1698–1704
|Charles County
|-
|
|Col. [[William Bladen]]
|1704–1718
|Annapolis
|-
|[[File:Bordley, Thomas, approximately 1683-1726.jpg|frameless|121x121px]]
|Thomas Bordley
|1718–1721
|Annapolis
|-
|[[File:Daniel Dulany the Elder.jpg|frameless|122x122px]]
|[[Daniel Dulany the Elder|Daniel Dulany, Sr.]]
|1721–1725
|Annapolis
|-
|
|Michael Howard
|1725–1734
|Talbot County
|-
|
|Daniel Dulany, Sr.
|1734–1744
|Annapolis
|-
|[[File:J E Kühn - Henry Darnall III.jpg|frameless|122x122px]]
|[[Henry Darnall III|Henry Darnall, III]]
|1744–1756
|Prince George's County
|-
|[[File:Stephen Bordley 1709-1764.jpg|frameless|119x119px]]
|Stephen Bordley
|1756–1763
|Annapolis
|-
|
|Edmund Key
|1764–1766
|Annapolis
|-
|
|[[Robert Goldsborough|Robert Goldsborough, II]]
|1766–1768
|Dorchester County
|-
|[[File:Thomas Jenings (c. 1736-1796) (cropped).jpg|frameless|143x143px]]
|Thomas Jennings
|1768–1776
|Annapolis
|}


== Modern attorneys general ==
{{anchor|List of the attorneys general of Maryland}}
{| class=wikitable
{| class=wikitable
|+ Modern attorneys general of Maryland
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
!Name!!From!!To!!Party!!Law school
!Image!!Name!!From!!To!!Party!!Law school
|-
|-
|
|[[James Tilghman (1743–1809)|James Tilghman]]||1777||1778||
|[[James Tilghman (1743–1809)|James Tilghman]]||1777||1778||
|-
|-
|[[File:Luther martin.jpg|60px]]
|[[Luther Martin]]||1778||1805||
|[[Luther Martin]]||1778||1805||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|[[File:Williampinkney (1).jpg|60px]]
|[[William Pinkney]]||1805||1806||Democratic-Republican
|[[William Pinkney]]||1805||1806|| Democratic-Republican
|-
|-
|
|[[John Thomson Mason (Maryland Attorney General)|John Thomson Mason]]||1806||1806||
|[[John Thomson Mason (Maryland Attorney General)|John Thomson Mason]]||1806||1806||
|-
|-
|
|[[John Johnson, Sr.]]||1806||1811||
|[[John Johnson, Sr.]]||1806||1811||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|
|[[John Montgomery (Maryland politician)|John Montgomery]]||1811||1818||Democratic-Republican
|[[John Montgomery (Maryland politician)|John Montgomery]]||1811||1818|| Democratic-Republican
|-
|-
|[[File:Luther martin.jpg|60px]]
|[[Luther Martin]]||1818||1822||
|[[Luther Martin]]||1818||1822||
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
|[[Thomas Beale Dorsey]]||1822||1824||Democratic-Republican
|[[File:Thomas Beale Dorsey (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Thomas Beale Dorsey]]||1822||1824|| Democratic-Republican
|-
|-
|
|[[Thomas Kell]]||1824||1827||
|[[Thomas Kell]]||1824||1827||
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Roger B. Taney]]||1827||1831||Democrat
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Roger B. Taney c.1836.jpg|60px]]
|[[Roger B. Taney]]||1827||1831||Democratic
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Mary Jane Simes - 9c9605a3f2.jpg|60px]]
|[[Josiah Bayly]]||1831||1846||
|[[Josiah Bayly]]||1831||1846||
|-
|-
|
|[[George R. Richardson]]||1846||1851||
|[[George R. Richardson]]||1846||1851||
|-{{party shading/Whig}}
|-bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|
|[[Robert J. Brent]]||1851||1851||Whig
|[[Robert J. Brent]]||1851||1864||Whig
|-bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|-{{party shading/Whig}}
|[[File:AlexanderRandall.jpg|60px]]
|[[Alexander Randall (Maryland politician)|Alexander Randall]]||1864||1867||Whig
|[[Alexander Randall (Maryland politician)|Alexander Randall]]||1864||1867||Whig
|-{{party shading/Whig}}
|-bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|[[File:Isaac Dashiell Jones, LL.D. (Ency. of the PCUSA, 1884).png|60px]]
|[[Isaac Dashiell Jones]]||1867||1871||Whig
|[[Isaac Dashiell Jones]]||1867||1871||Whig
|-{{party shading/Whig}}
|-bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|[[File:AndrewKSyester1800sPortrait.jpg|60px]]
|[[Andrew K. Syester]]||1871||1875||Whig
|[[Andrew K. Syester]]||1871||1875||Whig
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Charles J. M. Gwinn]]||1875||1883||Democrat
|[[File:C. J. M. Gwinn portrait (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Charles J. M. Gwinn]]||1875||1883||Democratic
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Charles Boyle Roberts]]||1883||1887||Democrat
|[[File:Charles Boyle Roberts of Maryland - Portrait seated circa 1865 to 1880.jpg|60px]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Charles Boyle Roberts]]||1883||1887||Democratic
|[[William Pinkney Whyte]]||1887||1891||Democrat||[[Harvard Law School]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[File:Williampinkneywhite.jpg|60px]]
|[[John P. Poe, Sr.|John Prentiss Poe]]||1891||1895||Democrat
|[[William Pinkney Whyte]]||1887||1891||Democratic||[[Harvard Law School]]
|-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:John P. Poe (1909) (cropped).png|60px]]
|[[John P. Poe, Sr.|John Prentiss Poe]]||1891||1895||Democratic
|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|[[File:Harry M. Clabaugh.jpg|60px]]
|[[Harry M. Clabaugh]]||1895||1899||Republican||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|[[Harry M. Clabaugh]]||1895||1899||Republican||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[File:GeorgeGaither1900sEarlyMaryland.jpg|60px]]
|[[George Riggs Gaither, Jr.]]||1899||1899||Republican
|[[George Riggs Gaither Jr.]]||1899||1899||Republican
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Isidor Rayner]]||1899||1903||Democrat
|[[File:Isidor Rayner standing photograph portrait.jpg|60px]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Isidor Rayner]]||1899||1903||Democratic||[[University of Virginia School of Law]]
|[[William Shepard Bryan, Jr.]]||1903||1907||Democrat
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[File:"Portrait of William S. Bryan, Early 20th Century Attorney General of Maryland".jpg|60px]]
|[[Isaac Lobe Straus]]||1907||1911||Democrat
|[[William Shepard Bryan Jr.]]||1903||1907||Democratic||[[University of Virginia School of Law]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Edgar Allan Poe (attorney general)|Edgar Allan Poe]]||1911||1915||Democrat||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|[[File:Isaac Lobe Straus (1914) (cropped).png|60px]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Albert Ritchie]]||1915||1919||Democrat||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|[[Isaac Lobe Straus]]||1907||1911||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[File:Edgar Allan Poe (attorney general) (1914) (cropped).png|60px]]
|[[Edgar Allan Poe (attorney general)|Edgar Allan Poe]]||1911||1915||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Albert Ritchie, photo portrait head and shoulders.jpg|60px]]
|[[Albert Ritchie]]||1915||1919||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Ogle Marbury]] (acting)||1918||1919|| Democrat||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|[[Ogle Marbury]] (acting)||1918||1919|| Democrat||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|Alexander Armstrong||1919||1923||Republican
|[[File:Alexander Armstrong, Republican Candidate for Attorney General (1919) (cropped).png|60px]]
|[[Alexander Armstrong (Maryland politician)|Alexander Armstrong]]||1919||1923||Republican||[[University of Pennsylvania Law School]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Thomas H. Robinson (Maryland politician)|Thomas H. Robinson]]||1923||1930||Democrat
|[[File:Thomas H. Robinson of Harford County (1905) (cropped).png|60px]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Thomas H. Robinson (Maryland politician)|Thomas H. Robinson]]||1923||1930||Democratic||
|[[William Preston Lane Jr.]]||1930||1934||Democrat||[[University of Virginia School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[File:William Preston Lane.jpg|60px]]
|[[Herbert O'Conor]]||1934||1938||Democrat||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|[[William Preston Lane Jr.]]||1930||1934||Democratic||[[University of Virginia School of Law]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[William C. Walsh]]||1938||1945||Democrat||[[Catholic University School of Law]]
|[[File:Governor herbert oconor of maryland.jpg|60px]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Herbert O'Conor]]||1934||1938||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|[[William Curran (Maryland politician)|William Curran]]||1945||1946||Democrat
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|
|[[Hall Hammond]]||1946||1952||Democrat||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|[[William C. Walsh]]||1938||1945||Democratic||[[Catholic University School of Law]]
|-bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Edward D. E. Rollins||1952||1954||Republican
|
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[William Curran (Maryland politician)|William Curran]]||1945||1946||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|C. Ferdinand Sybert||1954||1961||Democrat
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|
|[[Thomas B. Finan]]||1961||1966||Democrat
|[[Hall Hammond]]||1946||1952||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|[[Robert C. Murphy (judge)|Robert C. Murphy]]||1966||1966||Democrat||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Francis B. Burch]]||1966||1978||Democrat||[[Yale Law School]]
|[[Edward D. E. Rollins]]||1952||1954||Republican||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|
|Jon F. Oster||1979||1979||Democrat||
|[[C. Ferdinand Sybert]]||1954||1961||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|George A. Nilson||1979||1979||Democrat||
|
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Stephen H. Sachs]]||1979||1987||Democrat||[[Yale Law School]]
|[[Thomas B. Finan]]||1961||1966||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|
|[[J. Joseph Curran Jr.]]||1987||2007||Democrat||[[University of Baltimore School of Law]]
|[[Robert C. Murphy (judge)|Robert C. Murphy]]||1966||1966||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Doug Gansler]]||2007||2015||Democrat||[[University of Virginia School of Law]]
|
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Brian Frosh]]||2015||2023 ||Democrat||[[Columbia Law School]]
|[[Francis B. Burch]]||1966||1978||Democratic||[[Yale Law School]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|
|[[Anthony Brown (Maryland politician)| Anthony Brown]] ''(elect)''||''2023''|| ||Democrat||[[Harvard Law School]]
|Jon F. Oster||1979||1979||Democratic||[[University of Maryland School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|George A. Nilson||1979||1979||Democratic||[[Yale Law School]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|
|[[Stephen H. Sachs]]||1979||1987||Democratic||[[Yale Law School]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:J. Joseph Curran.jpg|60px]]
|[[J. Joseph Curran Jr.]]||1987||2007||Democratic||[[University of Baltimore School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Douglas F. Gansler (2010).jpg|60px]]
|[[Doug Gansler]]||2007||2015||Democratic||[[University of Virginia School of Law]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Brian E. Frosh 2015.jpg|60px]]
|[[Brian Frosh]]||2015||2023||Democratic||[[Columbia Law School]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[File:Anthony G. Brown 2022.jpg|60px]]
|[[Anthony Brown (Maryland politician)|Anthony Brown]]||2023|| ||Democratic||[[Harvard Law School]]
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 01:46, 22 December 2024

Attorney General of
the State of Maryland
Great Seal of the State of Maryland
Flag of the State of Maryland
Incumbent
Anthony Brown
since January 3, 2023
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthFour years, no term limit
Inaugural holderJames Tilghman
1777
FormationMaryland Constitution of 1776 (originally)
Maryland Constitution of 1864 (most recently)
WebsiteMaryland Attorney General

The Attorney General of the State of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have lived and practiced law in the state for at least ten years.

The attorney general has general charge, supervision and direction of the legal business of the State. The attorney general is the legal advisor and representative of the Governor, the General Assembly, the Judiciary, and the major departments, various boards, commissions, officials and institutions of State Government. The office further represents the State in all cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the State, and in the United States Supreme Court and lower Federal Courts. As of 2023, the attorney general is Democrat Anthony Brown.

Summary of powers

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  • The Attorney General serves as legal counsel to the Governor, the Legislature, and all State departments, boards, and most commissions.[1]
  • The Attorney General may bring an action to restrain a foreign limited liability company from doing business in this State.[2]
  • The Attorney General may obtain a court order prohibiting the guarantor or service contract provider from further violations in this State.[3][4]

Colonial attorneys general

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Colonial attorneys general of Maryland[5]
Image Name Term Home
Lt. Richard Smith, Sr. 1657–1660/61 Calvert County
Capt. Thomas Manning 1660/61–1666 Calvert County
Col. William Calvert 1666–1670 St. Mary's City
Col. Vincent Lowe 1670–1676 Talbot County
Kenelm Cheseldyne 1676–1681 St. Mary's City
Thomas Burford 1681–1686/87 Charles County
Robert Carvile 1688 St. Mary's City
Charles Carroll 1688–1689 St. Mary's City & Anne Arundel County
Col. George Plater, I 1691–1692 St. Mary's County
Edward Wynn 1692 St. Mary's County
Col. George Plater, I 1692–1698 St. Mary's County
Maj. William Dent 1698–1704 Charles County
Col. William Bladen 1704–1718 Annapolis
Thomas Bordley 1718–1721 Annapolis
Daniel Dulany, Sr. 1721–1725 Annapolis
Michael Howard 1725–1734 Talbot County
Daniel Dulany, Sr. 1734–1744 Annapolis
Henry Darnall, III 1744–1756 Prince George's County
Stephen Bordley 1756–1763 Annapolis
Edmund Key 1764–1766 Annapolis
Robert Goldsborough, II 1766–1768 Dorchester County
Thomas Jennings 1768–1776 Annapolis

Modern attorneys general

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Modern attorneys general of Maryland
Image Name From To Party Law school
James Tilghman 1777 1778
Luther Martin 1778 1805
William Pinkney 1805 1806 Democratic-Republican
John Thomson Mason 1806 1806
John Johnson, Sr. 1806 1811
John Montgomery 1811 1818 Democratic-Republican
Luther Martin 1818 1822
Thomas Beale Dorsey 1822 1824 Democratic-Republican
Thomas Kell 1824 1827
Roger B. Taney 1827 1831 Democratic
Josiah Bayly 1831 1846
George R. Richardson 1846 1851
Robert J. Brent 1851 1864 Whig
Alexander Randall 1864 1867 Whig
Isaac Dashiell Jones 1867 1871 Whig
Andrew K. Syester 1871 1875 Whig
Charles J. M. Gwinn 1875 1883 Democratic
Charles Boyle Roberts 1883 1887 Democratic
William Pinkney Whyte 1887 1891 Democratic Harvard Law School
John Prentiss Poe 1891 1895 Democratic
Harry M. Clabaugh 1895 1899 Republican University of Maryland School of Law
George Riggs Gaither Jr. 1899 1899 Republican
Isidor Rayner 1899 1903 Democratic University of Virginia School of Law
William Shepard Bryan Jr. 1903 1907 Democratic University of Virginia School of Law
Isaac Lobe Straus 1907 1911 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Edgar Allan Poe 1911 1915 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Albert Ritchie 1915 1919 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Ogle Marbury (acting) 1918 1919 Democrat University of Maryland School of Law
Alexander Armstrong 1919 1923 Republican University of Pennsylvania Law School
Thomas H. Robinson 1923 1930 Democratic
William Preston Lane Jr. 1930 1934 Democratic University of Virginia School of Law
Herbert O'Conor 1934 1938 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
William C. Walsh 1938 1945 Democratic Catholic University School of Law
William Curran 1945 1946 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Hall Hammond 1946 1952 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Edward D. E. Rollins 1952 1954 Republican University of Maryland School of Law
C. Ferdinand Sybert 1954 1961 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Thomas B. Finan 1961 1966 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Robert C. Murphy 1966 1966 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Francis B. Burch 1966 1978 Democratic Yale Law School
Jon F. Oster 1979 1979 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
George A. Nilson 1979 1979 Democratic Yale Law School
Stephen H. Sachs 1979 1987 Democratic Yale Law School
J. Joseph Curran Jr. 1987 2007 Democratic University of Baltimore School of Law
Doug Gansler 2007 2015 Democratic University of Virginia School of Law
Brian Frosh 2015 2023 Democratic Columbia Law School
Anthony Brown 2023 Democratic Harvard Law School

References

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  1. ^ "Maryland State Government". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  2. ^ "2020 Maryland Statutes :: Corporations and Associations :: Title 4A – Limited Liability Company Act :: Subtitle 10 – Foreign Limited Liability Companies :: Section 4A-1008 – Action by Attorney General". Justia Law. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  3. ^ "2020 Maryland Statutes :: Commercial Law :: Title 14 – Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions :: Subtitle 4 – Maryland Service Contracts and Consumer Products Guaranty Act". Justia Law. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  4. ^ "2020 Maryland Statutes :: Commercial Law :: Title 14 – Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions :: Subtitle 4 – Maryland Service Contracts and Consumer Products Guaranty Act :: Section 14-406 – Action by Attorney General". Justia Law. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  5. ^ "Maryland Attorneys General, 1657-". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
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