Jim Baum

Jim Baum is an Assistant Attorney General at the Rhode Island Office of Attorney General where he currently serves as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. He has also served as the Chief of the Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit and the Chief of the Juvenile Prosecution Unit. He has been with the office for…

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Jennifer Kim

Jennifer Kim is a Supervising Deputy Attorney General in the Civil Division, where she litigates healthcare, education, and welfare cases in both state and federal court. Jennifer has received two Attorney General Awards recognizing her excellent work. One award was for a matter before the U.S. Supreme Court. Jennifer is also an instructor within the…

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Jessica Whitney

Jessica is the Deputy Attorney General for Public Protection of the Iowa Attorney General’s Office.  In that position she serves as the Director of the Consumer Protection Division and the Administrator of the Iowa Consumer Credit Code.  She became the Deputy Attorney General for Public Protection in January 2021, after having served her first 11…

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Jodi Lobel

Jodi Lobel is the Executive Deputy Attorney General (EDAG) for Operations at the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. In this position, she oversees the administrative workings of the OAG, including Human Resources and Office Services, Labor Relations, Finance, Technology, Diversity and Inclusion, and Training. She also works with the Executive staff to develop and implement…

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Joe Spataro

Joe Spataro is the Chief Assistant Statewide Prosecutor for the Tallahassee bureau of the Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution. In that position, Mr. Spataro is the director of the Statewide Grand Jury and prosecutes organized criminal enterprises throughout the state, focusing on electronic surveillance investigations. Mr. Spataro is board certified by the Florida…

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Jeff Hill

Jeff Hill is Deputy Attorney General with the Tennessee Attorney General’s office. Jeff is the Deputy of the Consumer Protection Division, which is responsible for consumer protection, antitrust, and the unauthorized practice of law enforcement for the state. Jeff received his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He joined the Tennessee Attorney…

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Jared Q. Libet

Jared Q. Libet is an Assistant Deputy Attorney General with the Office of the South Carolina Attorney General in Columbia, South Carolina. As part of the Consumer Protection & Antitrust Section, he works primarily to enforce South Carolina laws pertaining to unfair trade practices and antitrust issues. Mr. Libet currently serves as co-chair of the…

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Janet Drake

Janet Stansberry Drake received her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1996. After 10 years as a trial attorney in private practice, Ms. Drake became a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Special Prosecutions Unit at the Colorado Attorney General’s office. As an attorney in the Special Prosecutions Unit, Ms. Drake…

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James R. Layton

James R. Layton is the State of Missouri’s principal appellate lawyer. As Solicitor General, he supervises work by assistant attorneys general in all appellate courts. His personal appellate caseload is focused primarily on state and federal constitutional issues, state taxation, and administrative law. In addition, he handles and supervises some trial court matters dealing with…

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Jack McManus

Jack McManus worked for over 25 years in the Ohio and Missouri Offices of the Attorney General. He served as Chief of the Tax Section in the Ohio AGO and the Chief of the Agriculture and Environment division in the Missouri AGO. He served as faculty in trial and deposition training programs for both states,…

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