Chief Deputies/Chiefs of Staff Meeting
The Chief Deputies/Chiefs of Staff Meeting is an annual program for senior officials in the attorney general offices. It serves as a networking opportunity for chief deputies and chiefs of staff while covering topics relevant to the role of chief deputies/chiefs of staff. For more information contact support@naag.org. For a list of commonly asked questions…
Supreme Court Seminar
The Supreme Court Seminar focuses on how to effectively practice in the U.S. Supreme Court. It begins at the Court with observation of oral arguments. Panels of experienced Supreme Court practitioners will then address oral argument, preparing petitions for writs of certiorari and oppositions thereto, writing merits briefs, and the amicus brief process. For more…
State Solicitors General and Appellate Conference
Attorney general offices play an active role before the Supreme Court and are the second most active litigant before the Court. Attorney general offices are increasingly represented before the Supreme Court by solicitors general, who head their offices’ appellate practices. The State Solicitors General and Appellate Chiefs Conference provides a forum in which state solicitors…
Terry W Tolliver
Terry Tolliver is of Counsel with the law firm of Brattain Minnix Garcia. Prior to joining the firm, Terry served as a Supervisory Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Director of Consumer Protection for Attorney General Greg Zoeller, where he prosecuted licensed professionals and protected Hoosiers from common scams. Terry has also served as Deputy Consumer…
Robert Henke
Robert Henke began his public service career with the State of Indiana in 2007, working with the Indiana Department of Child services (DCS). While at DCS, Robert first served as trial counsel and then as deputy general counsel over trials and appeals. When the DCS appeals section was moved to the Indiana Office of the…
Rontear Pendleton
Rontear Pendleton is currently the Deputy Attorney General at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Prior to returning the Office Ms. Pendleton was the General Counsel at the Department of Labor Standard (DLS) where she served as the Chief Legal Advisor for the agency. Before transitioning to DLS she was the Grand Jury Director and an…
Melodie M. Mabanta
Melodie M. Mabanta is barred in Maryland and the District of Columbia, though currently on inactive status in D.C given that she practices exclusively in Maryland as an Assistant Attorney General. She has been a litigator for over twenty years. In private practice, she litigated complex cases in Maryland’s state and federal courts and in…
Michael S. Rubin
Michael Rubin is an Assistant General Counsel in NJ Transit’s Office of the General Counsel, representing the third largest public transportation agency in the United States in a wide variety of practice areas. Prior to this, he practiced civil law and commercial litigation for nearly twenty-five years in New Jersey’s Attorney General’s Office. He also…
Marc Abrams
Marc Abrams is Assistant Attorney in Charge of the Civil Litigation Section of the Oregon Department of Justice, where he is lead attorney for employment litigation. He joined ODOJ in 2002 after a decade in firms in New York, Philadelphia and Portland, and a decade in sole practice and as a pro tem judge handling…
