{{Short description|Chief legal officer of the U.S. state of Alabama}} {{Infobox official post | post = Attorney General of Alabama | body = | native_name = | insignia = Seal of the Attorney General of Alabama.svg | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = Seal of the attorney general of Alabama | flag = | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = | image = Steve Marshall (41773693585).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = Steve Marshall | acting = | incumbentsince = February 10, 2017 | type = Constitutional officer | department = Government of Alabama | residence = Montgomery, Alabama | appointer = Elected | appointer_qualified = | termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively | precursor = | formation = 1819 | first = Henry Hitchcock | last = | abolished = | succession = Fourth | unofficial_names = | deputy = | salary = | website = https://www.alabamaag.gov/ }}
The '''attorney general of Alabama''' is an elected, constitutional officer of the State of Alabama. The office of the attorney general is located at the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Henry Hitchcock was elected Alabama's first attorney general in 1819.
==Duties== As is common in many states, the attorney general is the chief lawyer of the state. He is called upon as the chief defender of the laws of Alabama, the lawyer for state officials and represents the state in all matters brought before a court of law or tribunal. The attorney general (AG) also provides advisory opinions to local and state governments when questions arise about the constitutionality of proposed laws and regulations. It is the task of the attorney general to represent the state when questions arise concerning various criminal sentences including the death penalty.
From time to time, the attorney general may begin legal proceedings on behalf of the state or on behalf of consumers damaged by illegal or bad faith commercial transactions.
==Organization==
Eight divisions comprise the attorney general's office. Those divisions include: a General Crimes Division, a Public Corruption Division, Civil Division, Appellate Division, Consumer Protection Division, Constitutional Defense Division and a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Division chiefs include Clay J. Crenshaw, Olivia Martin, Billington Garret, M. Matt Hart, Bruce M. Lieberman, and Azzie Taylor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ago.state.al.us/Page-Staff-Profiles-All |title=State of Alabama | Office of the Attorney General |access-date=2014-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016015207/http://www.ago.state.al.us/Page-Staff-Profiles-All |archive-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==List of attorneys general of Alabama== The chief deputy attorney general is Alice Martin<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ago.state.al.us/Page-Staff-Profiles-All |title=State of Alabama | Office of the Attorney General |access-date=2014-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016015207/http://www.ago.state.al.us/Page-Staff-Profiles-All |archive-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Andrew Brasher previously served as the solicitor general from 2014-2019; Edmund LaCour is the current solicitor general.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ago.state.al.us/Page-Staff-Profiles-All |title=State of Alabama | Office of the Attorney General |access-date=2014-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016015207/http://www.ago.state.al.us/Page-Staff-Profiles-All |archive-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ago.state.al.us/Staff_64 |title=State of Alabama | Office of the Attorney General |access-date=2014-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202011646/http://www.ago.state.al.us/Staff_64 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !# !Image !Name !Took office !Left office !Party |- |1 |60px |Henry Hitchcock |1819 |1823 | |- |2 | |Thomas White |1823 |1825 | |- |3 | |Constantine Perkins |1825 |1832 | |- |4 | |Peter Martin |1832 |1836 | |- |5 |60px |Alexander Meek |1836 |1836 | |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |6 | |John D. Phelan |1836 |1838 |Democratic |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |7 |60px |Lincoln Clark |1838 |1839 |Democratic |- |8 | |Matthew W. Lindsay |1839 |1843 | |- |9 | |Thomas D. Clarke |1843 |1847 | |- |10 | |William H. Martin |1847 |1847 | |- |11 | |Marion A. Baldwin |1847 |1865 | |- |12 |60px |John W. A. Sanford |1865 |1868 | |- |13 | |Benjamin Gardner |1868 |1870 | |- |14 |60px |John W. A. Sanford |1870 |1872 | |- |15 | |Henry Tompkins |1878 |1884 | |- |16 | |Thomas McClellan |1884 |1889 | |- |17 | |William L. Martin |1889 |1894 | |- |18 | |William C. Fitts |1894 |1898 | |- |19 | |Charles G. Brown |1898 |1903 | |- |20 | |Massey Wilson |1903 |1907 | |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |21 | |Alexander M. Garber |1907 |1911 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |22 | |Robert Brickell |1911 |1915 |Democratic |- |23 | |William Logan Martin |1915 |1918 | |- |24 | |F. Lloyd Tate |1918 |1918 | |- |25 | |Emmet S. Thigpen |1918 |1919 | |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |26 | |James Q. Smith |1919 |1921 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |27 | |Harwell G. Davis |1921 |1927 |Democratic |- |28 | |Charlie C. McCall |1927 |1931 | |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |29 |60px |Thomas E. Knight |1931 |1935 |Democratic |- |30 | |Albert A. Carmichael |1935 |1939 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |- |31 | |Thomas S. Lawson |1939 |1942 | |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |32 | |William N. McQueen |1943 |1947 |Democratic |- |33 | |Albert A. Carmichael |1947 |1951 | |- |34 | |Si Garrett |1951 |1954 | |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |- |35 | |Bernard Sykes |1954 |1955 | |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |36 |60px |John M. Patterson |1955 |1959 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |37 | |MacDonald Gallion |1959 |1963 |Democratic |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |38 | |Richmond Flowers Sr. |1963 |1967 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |39 | |MacDonald Gallion |1967 |1971 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |40 |60px |Bill Baxley |1971 |1979 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |41 |60px |Charles Graddick |1979 |1987 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |42 |60px |Don Siegelman |1987 |1991 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |43 | |Jimmy Evans |1991 |1995 |Democratic |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |44 |60px |Jeff Sessions |1995 |1997 |Republican |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |45 |60px |William H. Pryor Jr. |1997 |2004 |Republican |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |46 | |Troy King |2004 |2011 |Republican |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |47 |60px |Luther Strange |2011 |2017 |Republican |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |48 |60px |Steve Marshall |2017 |present |Republican |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070220022348/http://www.ago.state.al.us/index.cfm Alabama Attorney General] official website * [http://www.archives.state.al.us/conoff/atgen.html Alabama Attorneys General] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422040918/http://www.archives.state.al.us/conoff/atgen.html |date=2007-04-22 }} list of past officeholders at Alabama Department of Archives and History * [http://www.abajournal.com/search/results/search&keywords=Alabama+Attorney+General/ Alabama Attorney General] articles at ''ABA Journal'' * [http://public.findlaw.com/LCsearch.html?restrict=consumer&entry=%22Alabama+Attorney+General%22 News and Commentary] at FindLaw * [http://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/ Code of Alabama] at Law.Justia.com * [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&navby=title&v1=State+of+Alabama U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Alabama"] at FindLaw * [https://www.alabar.org Alabama State Bar] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150106023916/http://www.naag.org/alabama.php Alabama Attorney General profile] at National Association of Attorneys General * [http://www.ago.state.al.us/News.aspx Press releases] at Alabama Attorney General's office {{U.S. State Attorneys General}} {{Alabama statewide elected officials}}
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