National Association of Attorneys General

National Association of Attorneys General
Basic facts
Year founded:	1907
Website:	Official website

The National Governors Association (NAAG) is a bipartisan organization that includes attorneys general from the 50 states, plus six counterpart officers in Washington D.C., three territories, and two commonwealths.

The organization elects its leaders annually on a rotating geographic basis. The current president is Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller (D).

Founded in 1907, the NAAG brings attorneys general together to trade experiences, information and ideas gathered while serving as their states' legal and/or law enforcement leaders. The organization and its resources set the stage for officers to collaborate on ways to improve performance and legal services within individual states as well as coordinate the implementation of any new federal laws across states. One of the main purposes of NAAG is to provide the necessary resources for conducting policy research and analysis in order to develop best practices for executing the core responsibilities of the office.

The NAAG and NAAG Mission Foundation 2021 annual report showed the organization with assets totaling $234,889,000.

In addition to the NAAG, which includes attorneys general from both parties, each party has its own partisan association for attorneys general, the Democratic Attorneys General Association and the Republican Attorneys General Association.

Mission

The National Association of Attorneys General posts their mission on their website.:

"NAAG's mission is accomplished through:

• Facilitating information sharing among offices.
• Providing strategic and legal consulting.
• Planning and executing a continuing legal education (CLE) program for state lawyers.
• Hosting trainings, conferences, summits, and special events.
• Publishing reports and newsletters on trending topics.
• Serving as a liaison to the federal government."

Responsibilities

The National Association of Attorneys General identifies important issues and together focus on matters of legal policy and law enforcement at the state and national levels. The NAAG sponsors seasonal meetings by region and annual nationwide meetings. In order to fulfill one of the organization's stated goals of ensuring attorneys general and their staff are equipped to handle newly introduced policies and other legal developments, the NAAG sponsors advisory programs and training seminars through the National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute.

Committees

The NAAG is led by a twelve-person committee consisting of a president, president-elect, vice-president, past president, four regional chairs, one mission foundation chair and three presidential appointees. Elected annually, the Executive Committee supervises the association’s operations. Each year a region chooses a NAAG Vice President who moves up through the ranks to become president.

2022

NAAG Executive Committee
President	Tom Miller, Iowa
Vice President	Ellen F. Rosenblum, Oregon
President-Elect	Josh Stein, North Carolina
Immediate Past President	Karl Racine, District of Columbia
Region Chair (Eastern)	Aaron Frey, Maine
Region Chair (Midwest)	Dave Yost, Ohio
Region Chair (Southern)	Lynn Fitch, Mississippi
Region Vice-Chair (Western)	Phil Weiser, Colorado
Mission Foundation Chair	Lawrence Wasden, Idaho
Presidential Appointments:	Ashley B. Moody, Florida Letitia James, New York Bridget Hill, Wyoming

2013-2014

Committee members for 2013-2014 were elected their annual summer meeting, held June 17-19. The current term runs though June 2014.

NAAG Executive Committee
President	J.B. Van Hollen, Wisconsin
Vice President	Marty Jackley, South Dakota
President-Elect	Jim Hood, Mississippi
Immediate Past President	Doug Gansler, Maryland
Region Chair (Eastern)	Martha Coakley Massachusetts
Region Chair (Midwest)	Derek Schmidt, Kansas
Region Chair (Southern)	Sam Olens, Georgia
Region Vice-Chair (Western)	Lawrence Wasden, Idaho
Mission Foundation Chair	William H. Sorrell, Vermont
Presidential Appointments:	Pam Bondi, Florida Jon Bruning, Nebraska Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania

Alongside the Executive Committee there are seven additional committees:

• Antitrust Committee

• Co-Chair: Mike DeWine, Ohio
• Co-Chair: George C. Jepsen, Connecticut

• Civil Rights Committee

• Co-Chair: William H. Sorrell, Vermont
• Co-Chair: Lawrence Wasden, Idaho

• Consumer Protection Committee

• Co-Chair: David Louie, Hawaii
• Co-Chair: Derek Schmidt, Kansas

• Criminal Law Committee

• Co-Chair: Pam Bondi, Florida
• Co-Chair: Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island

• Energy and Environment Committee

• Co-Chair: Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas
• Co-Chair: Bill Schuette, Michigan

• Tobacco Committee

• Co-Chair: Marty Jackley, South Dakota
• Co-Chair: Chris Koster, Missouri

• Training Committee

• Co-Chair: Martha Coakley, Massachusetts
• Co-Chair: Sam Olens, Georgia

Presidential Initiative

Each year, the NAAG President has chosen a policy area to focus on during his/her term. It is known as the "Presidential Initiative." Van Hollen presented his initiative on improving child safety, through programs on school violence, public-private partnerships, drug abuse and child sex trafficking, called “America’s Promise—Keeping Our Kids Safe,” at the September 2013 NAAG summit in Milwaukee, WI. His area of focus harkens back to 2008, when then-NAAG president Patrick Lynch (D) pronounced his term, "The Year of the Child" for his plans to enhance measures to protect children from online predators and bullies in coordination with social networking sites and cable companies. -->

External links

Suggest a link

• Official website of the National Association of Attorneys General