WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today released a 2023 Impact Report detailing how over the past year, The Office of the Attorney General has delivered for District residents, securing $610 million in total savings and benefits – over four times its annual budget.
Highlights include:
- $57 million secured through environmental enforcement actions
- $45.7 million in child support collected and distributed for District children and families
- $36.6 million secured from companies that illegal profited from the opioid epidemic
- $3.9 million in unpaid wages and damages returned to workers
- $2 million in rent refunds, credits, and benefits for tenants
- Prosecuting over 1,000 cases involving crimes for juveniles
- Charging over 2,000 adult misdemeanors, including over 1,000 adult DUIs
- $8 million in grants for violence interruption programs
- Over 170 successful placements in the foster care system
- Led or joined over 70 legal briefs advocating for guns safety laws, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and racial and environmental justice
- Fought alongside 23 attorneys general to protect access to mifepristone – a safe abortion medication
The full report is available here.