The Attorney General for the District of Columbia is the District’s chief legal officer. The D.C. Charter gives the Attorney General responsibility for “charge and conduct” of all the District’s law business. The charter also states that the Attorney General is “responsible for upholding the public interest.”
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) enforces the laws of the District, provides legal advice to the District’s government agencies, and promotes the interests of the District’s residents. OAG’s goal is to be the nation’s most effective and respected public law office.
The Child Support Services Division (CSSD) performs all legal and programmatic functions associated with the District government's child support program. This Division provides services to assist District families to establish parentage, locate parents, receive child and medical support orders, review and modify child support orders, and enforce delinquent child support orders. In addition, CSSD recoups Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) payments, Title IV-D foster care payments, and Medicaid payments.
Washington, DC – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that, in consultation with other District officials, he will ask a federal appeals court to dismiss the District’s appeal of a lower court decision declaring unlawful the District’s previous ban on carrying handguns. Instead, he said, his office will focus on defending challenges to the District’s current handgun laws, passed by the Council of the District of Columbia last fall.
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) gives us a special time each year to pay tribute to the accomplishments and cultural richness of Hispanic and Latinx residents and the invaluable contributions they make daily to communities across the U.S.
There are several trailblazing Hispanic and Latinx lawyers who have made their mark on the legal world and changed our country for the better. Read below about a few who truly stand out:
All fifty states and the District of Columbia require that companies notify consumers when they experience a breach of their customers’ personal information. On March 26, the Mayor signed into law the Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019. The Act went into effect on June 8, 2020and updates the District’s Consumer Security Breach Notification Act, D.C.
This table lists a selection of legal advice memos issued by this Office’s Legal Counsel Division. These informal memos are based on established law and practice and are intended as guidance for interested parties and members of the public.