Joe Grubb
I have prosecuted a variety of crimes from misdemeanor to capital murder, which is inclusive of 100s of trials in Delaware’s Superior Court, Family Court and Court of Common Pleas as well as Justice of the Peace courts. I am currently assigned to Homicide Unit and previously served in the Misdemeanor Trial Unit, Domestic Violence…
Jessica Smith
Jessica Smith is an Assistant Attorney General and Division Director of the Mortgage and Financial Fraud Division at the Utah Attorney General’s Office. The Division prosecutes mortgage, securities, and tax fraud cases as well as other complex financial fraud cases throughout Utah. She has been a prosecutor for more than 17 years for both local…
Jennifer Cotter
Jennifer Cotter is the Deputy Criminal Bureau Chief at the Office of the Attorney General. Attorney Cotter assists the Bureau Chief in the oversight of 120 staff members including assistant attorneys general, paralegals, financial investigators, victim witness staff, administrative assistants, and law enforcement. Prior to that role, she was the Chief of the Criminal White-Collar…
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…
