About NAAG
Dustin McDaniel (D)
Arkansas Attorney General
Elected: 2006
200 Tower Bldg., 323 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72201-2610
(800) 482-8982
http://www.ag.arkansas.gov/
On January 9, 2007, Dustin McDaniel was sworn in as Arkansas's Attorney General, making him the state's top law enforcement officer, top consumer advocate, and top lawyer.
In 2007, working with the governor and state legislature, his office achieved a successful resolution to decade's old school-financing litigation; 15 of his 16 proposed bills became state law; he was named Chair of the southern region for National Association of Attorneys, Co-Chair of the Democratic Association of Attorneys General and was awarded an Aspen-Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership, a program sponsored by the nationally renown Aspen Institute for outstanding young political leaders across the country.
McDaniel has always been dedicated to public service, and prior to becoming Attorney General, he served as a uniformed patrol officer in his hometown of Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was also a Democratic Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, serving as the Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Health Insurance and Prescription Drugs and as a Member of the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee.
McDaniel obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas and his law degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
