Government
Oct. 30, 2013
State attorney general names appellate lawyer as solicitor general
The newly revamped office will have more wide-ranging authority, including responsibility for arguing all the state's cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Monday named appellate attorney Edward DuMont to fill the state's newly strengthened solicitor general position, replacing Manuel Medeiros who retired in December.
The move comes after former special assistant attorney general Travis LeBlanc told the Daily Journal in July that Harris was in the process of giving the office more wide-ranging authority, ...
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