Alaska Attorney General

The Alaska Attorney General is the chief legal advisor to the government of the State of Alaska and to its governor. The Attorney General is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Alaska Legislature. The position has existed since the early days of the Territory of Alaska, though it was an elected rather than an appointed position prior to statehood. The Attorney General also serves as the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Law, and is the only commissioner of a principal department of Alaska state government not referred to as "Commissioner" in normal usage.

List of attorneys general

In the earliest days of the Alaska Territory, the Territorial Counsel served as the de facto attorney general. Only one person, John H. Cobb, served in this position. The 2nd Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1915 created the Office of the Attorney General, to become effective after the 1916 general election. The attorney general's position was an elected position during the entirety of territorial days, as opposed to under statehood, in which it has been a position appointed by the governor since 1959. The following is a list of attorneys general in Alaska.

Alaska Territory

Name	Image	Term of office	Governor(s)
George Barnes Grigsby	File:GeorgeBGrigsby.jpg	1916–1919	Strong, Riggs
Jeremiah C. Murphy	File:No image.svg	1919–1920	Riggs
John Rustgard	File:John Rustgard.jpg	1920–1933	Riggs, Bone, Parks
James S. Truitt	File:No image.svg	1933–1941	Troy, Gruening
Henry Roden	File:No image.svg	1941–1945	Gruening
Ralph Julian Rivers	File:Ralph Julian Rivers.jpg	1945–1949	Gruening
J. Gerald Williams	File:No image.svg	1949–1959	Gruening, Heintzleman, Stepovich

State of Alaska

Name	Image	Term of office	Governor(s)
John Rader	File:John Rader.jpg	1959–1960	Egan
Ralph E. Moody	File:Ralph E. Moody.jpg	1960–1962
George N. Hayes	File:No image.svg	1962–1964
Warren C. Colver	File:No image.svg	1964–1966
Donald A. Burr	File:No image.svg	1966–1967	Hickel
Edgar Paul Boyko	File:No image.svg	1967–1968
G. Kent Edwards	File:No image.svg	1968–1970
			Miller
John E. Havelock	File:John Havelock.jpg	1970–1973	Egan
Norman C. Gorsuch	File:No image.svg	1973–1974
Avrum M. Gross	File:Avrum Gross.jpg	1974–1980	Hammond
Wilson L. Condon	File:No image.svg	1980–1982
Norman C. Gorsuch	File:No image.svg	1982–1985	Sheffield
Harold M. Brown	File:No image.svg	1985–1986
Grace Berg Schaible	File:No image.svg	1987–1989	Cowper
Douglas Baily	File:No image.svg	1989–1990
Charlie Cole	File:No image.svg	1991–1994	Hickel
Bruce Botelho	File:Bruce Botelho 396.jpg	1994–2002
			Knowles
Gregg Renkes	File:No image.svg	2002–2005	Murkowski
David W. Márquez	File:No image.svg	2005–2006
Talis J. Colberg	File:No image.svg	2006–2009	Palin
Dan Sullivan	File:DanielSSullivan.jpg	2009–2010
			Parnell
John J. Burns	File:No image.svg	2010–2012
Michael Geraghty	File:No image.svg	2012–2014
Craig W. Richards	File:Craig W. Richards (cropped).jpg	2014–2016	Walker
Jahna Lindemuth	File:No image.svg	2016–2018
Kevin Clarkson	File:Kevin Clarkson (cropped).jpg	2018–2020	Dunleavy
Ed Sniffen (acting)		2020–2021
Treg Taylor		2021–present

External links

• About the Attorney General at Alaska Department of Law
• Alaska Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
• News and Commentary at FindLaw
• Alaska Statutes at Law.Justia.com
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Alaska" at FindLaw
• Alaska Bar Association
• Alaska Attorney General Craig W. Richards profile at National Association of Attorneys General
• Press releases at Alaska Department of Law