James 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…
Southern Region Meeting / Artificial Intelligence and Preventing Child Exploitation Seminar
Jointly hosted by the National Association of Attorneys General and the Attorney General Alliance. This event will bring together experts in artificial intelligence, law enforcement, cybercrime and internet crimes against children, and related disciplines to foster collaboration among state attorney general offices with other state/local/federal law enforcement agencies, the private sector, and nonprofit entities. Leaders…
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James Sweeney
Jim Sweeney is State Trial Counsel for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. In that role, he consults, advises and works on litigation across the Office, both affirmative and defensive. He has been an Assistant Attorney General for over 30 years, serving for many years in the Office’s Trial Division, handling primarily defensive civil litigation. He…
Harley Kirkland
A native South Carolinian, Harley Littleton Kirkland attended Wofford College and the University of South Carolina School of Law. She is admitted to the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Federal District Court, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2014, Harley began working for Deloitte as a Litigation Technology Specialist. She provided technical…
David Wilkins
David Wilkins serves as an Assistant Attorney General and as the Director of Transit Law for the Utah Attorney General’s Office. A section within the Office’s Highways & Utilities Division, David represents the Utah Transit Authority, a large public transit district which serves riders in six counties. In his role, David serves as the transit…
Attorney General Powers and Duties Cases | 2023 Decisions and Trends
State attorneys general hold a unique place in state government, acting as a check on the executive and the legislature while representing executive branch agencies and the state itself. Emily Myers, NAAG’s counsel for power and duties cases and editor of State Attorneys General Powers and Responsibilities will provide an overview of attorney general powers…
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Attorney General Remedies Under Iowa Consumer Fraud Act Are Equitable, Not Legal, Do Not Require Jury Trial
The Iowa supreme court recently analyzed the state’s consumer protection statute and found that the attorney general’s enforcement of the statute does not require a jury trial because they are equitable, rather than legal. The Iowa attorney general sued several companies, alleging false and misleading claims in violation of Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) and…
Illinois Attorney General Must Produce Documents from Non-Party State Agencies
The state of Illinois sued Monsanto and several other companies alleging that they contaminated the environment by producing toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and caused environmental harm to the state’s air, water, wildlife and natural resources. Monsanto sought discovery from state agencies, arguing that that Illinois attorney general has a legal right to obtain those documents…
Alkesh Patel
Alkesh currently serves as a Senior Assistant Attorney General at the Georgia Attorney General’s Office. Alkesh brings a decade of experience practicing in contracts, commercial law, construction and real estate. He currently is the Section Chief of Business and Finance in the Commercial Litigation Division at the Georgia Attorney General’s Office. In this role, he…
Unclaimed Property: What Attorney General Offices Need to Know
State unclaimed property programs have come under legal challenge recently, and state attorneys general should be prepared. Learn from the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) about the basics of unclaimed property, and the importance for attorney general offices and state government to understand crucial issues within this realm of complexity. Webinar hosted in…
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