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Washington Attorney General

Current State AG
Bob Ferguson (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2013

Bob Ferguson is a fourth-generation Washingtonian and was elected Attorney General in 2012. Prior to his election, AG Ferguson was a King County Councilor. During his time on the Council, he served as Chair of the Regional Policy and Law, Justice and Human Services Committees and twice chaired of the Council’s Law and Justice Committee. He began his legal career clerking for Chief Judge William Nielsen of the U.S. Eastern District of Washington and then clerked for Judge Myron...

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Bob Ferguson is a fourth-generation Washingtonian and was elected Attorney General in 2012. Prior to his election, AG Ferguson was a King County Councilor. During his time on the Council, he served as Chair of the Regional Policy and Law, Justice and Human Services Committees and twice chaired of the Council’s Law and Justice Committee. He began his legal career clerking for Chief Judge William Nielsen of the U.S. Eastern District of Washington and then clerked for Judge Myron Bright on the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals before joining the litigation department of K&L Gates LLP.

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The AG is an elected position in Washington.

  • Next Election:November 5, 2024
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Washington Attorney General News & Insights

Washington AG Recovers Additional $9.3 Million in Stolen Unemployment Funds

Washington AG Bob Ferguson announced that his office has recovered an additional $9.3 million in money stolen as part of a nationwide pandemic unemployment fraud scheme perpetrated against the state’s Employment Security Department.

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FTC and Bipartisan AG Coalition Bring Antitrust Case Against Pesticide Manufacturers for Allegedly Inflating Prices

The FTC and a group of 12 AGs filed a lawsuit in the Middle District of North Carolina against pesticide manufacturers Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Syngenta’s related entities, and Corteva, Inc., alleging that they violated the FTC Act, the Clayton Act, the Sherman Act, and state competition and consumer protection laws by utilizing “loyalty programs”…

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AG Coalition Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Workers’ Right to Strike

A group of 16 AGs submitted amicus briefing to the U.S. Supreme Court in Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, urging the Court to find that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) preempts state law tort claims for conversion and trespass to chattels based on loss of products resulting from a worker strike.

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