Role of the Attorney General

Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by ywwlawrence.

The Attorney General is the principal lawyer and law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and will serve to represent the Commonwealth when necessary. The Attorney General also provides assistance to residents in specific matters such as consumer protection, fraud, civil rights violation, health care, and insurance issues.

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Democrat-Martha Coakley (incumbent)

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by ywwlawrence.

Martha Coakley graduated from Williams College in 1975 and got a J.D. degree from the Boston University School of Law in 1979. Since then, she has been practicing in various arenas. She was initially involved in civil litigation in the Boston firms Parker, Coulter, Daley & White and Goodwin Procter LLP. In 1986, she joined [...]

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