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140/Maryland Manual
Attorney General takes office is unspecified either in the Constitution or in the Annotated Code, but
customarily it occurs on December 20 following the election. The Attorney General receives an annual
salary of $62,500. The Attorney General heads the Office of the Attorney General, formerly known as the
State Law Department, which was established by Chapter 560, Acts of 1916.
The Attorney General serves as legal counsel to the Governor, the General Assembly, and to all
departments, boards, or commissions of the State, except the Human Relations and Public Service
Commissions, whose counsel is appointed by the Governor, and the State Ethics Commission, which
appoints its own counsel. The Attorney General and assistants represent the State in all matters in which
the interests of the State are involved. This includes litigation in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, the District Court of the United States, the United States Court of
Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. The Attorney General's Office represents the
Clerks of Court, the Registers of Wills, the Sheriff's and the State's Attorneys of the counties and of the
City of Baltimore. The Office does not represent the charter or noncharter counties, the County Boards of
Education, the Boards of Supervisors of Elections (except in Baltimore City), or such other boards or
officials of the counties that employ their own counsel. The Attorney General may render an opinion on
any legal subject or matter upon the request of the Governor, the General Assembly (or either House
thereof), or any department or agency of the State.
The administrative rules and regulations promulgated by any State officer or agency must be submitted
to the Attorney General for review before they may become effective. The Office is responsible for the
enforcement of the State Securities Act and for the Division of Consumer Protection and the Antitrust
Division. It also directs a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which investigates and prosecutes provider
fraud.
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ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL
ANTITRUST DIVISION
Michael F. Brockmeyer, Chief
Alan M. Barr; Frank J. German; Robert W.
Hesselbacher, Jr.; Linda H. Jones; Yuri B.
Zeiinsky.
7 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 576-6470
The Antitrust Division was created by Chapter
357, Acts of 1972, and is headed by an Assistant
Attorney General. The Division is concerned with
enforcing the Maryland Antitrust Act, which
governs restraints of trade, unfair competition,
monopolies, and other acts or practices that re-
strain or tend to restrain trade and commerce
within the State of Maryland. The Act calls for
both civil and criminal enforcement of its provi-
sions and permits the Attorney General to cooper-
ate with officials of the federal government and the
several states in the enforcement of the antitrust
laws (Code Commercial Law Article, secs. 11-201
through 11-213).
CIVIL DIVISION
Dennis M. Sweeney, Chief
Avery Aisenstark; Ellen A. Callegary; Evelyn 0.
Cannon; Susan K. Gauvey; Jeanne D.
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Hitchcock; Mary N. Humphries; Peter E. Keith;
James G. Klair; Kathleen Howard Meredith;
Diana G. Motz; Jack Schwartz; Catherine M.
Shultz; Marlene Trestman; Robert M. Ward;
David E. Zerhusen.
7 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 576-6300
Within the Civil Division are the Assistant
Attorneys General who are assigned to litigation,
opinions and advice, and administration. Other
Assistant Attorneys General in the Civil Division,
in addition to responsibilities for special legal
projects, are counsel to State agencies, boards and
commissions.
CONSUMER AND INVESTOR
AFFAIRS
Stephen J. Cole, Director
DIVISION OF CONSUMER
PROTECTION
Stephen J. Cole, Chief
William Leibovici, Deputy Chief
James P. Abbott; Peter V. Berns; Cathy L. Cobbs;
Cheri W. Levin; Carolyn J. Rodis; Lucy A.
Weisz.
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