The State AG Report

Editors Lori Kalani and Bernard Nash

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Massachusetts Attorney General

Current State AG
Maura Healey (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2015

Current Leadership Positions
Co-Chair of DAGA Executive Committee

Maura Healey was elected Attorney General in 2014. Healey previously worked in the AG’s office as head of the Civil Rights Division, and went on to lead the Public Protection & Advocacy Bureau and Business & Labor Bureau. Prior to holding political office, AG Healey worked as a commercial and securities litigator at the law firm Wilmer Hale, and as a prosecutor in the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.

Maura Healey was elected Attorney General in 2014. Healey previously worked in the AG’s office as head of the Civil Rights Division, and went on to lead the Public Protection & Advocacy Bureau and Business & Labor Bureau. Prior to holding political office, AG Healey worked as a commercial and securities litigator at the law firm Wilmer Hale, and as a prosecutor in the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.

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The AG is an elected position in Massachusetts.

  • Next Election:November 8, 2022
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Massachusetts Attorney General News & Insights

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Private Equity Firm to Pay Almost $20 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid Fraud

Massachusetts AG Maura Healey reached a settlement with private equity firms H.I.G. Growth Partners, LLC and H.I.G. Capital, LLC (collectively “HIG”), and two former executives of a mental health facility operator, South Bay Mental Health Center, Inc. (“SBMHC”), to resolve allegations that they caused fraudulent claims to be submitted to the state’s Medicaid program, known…

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NAAG Voices Support for Congress’s Hearings on Social Media Platforms’ Targeting of Minors

The National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”) sent a letter to the S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security in support of the Subcommittee’s hearings regarding the use of social media by minors and its impacts.

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