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Rob McKenna is Washington’s 17th Attorney General. As the state’s chief legal officer, he directs 500 attorneys and nearly 700 professional staff providing legal services to state agencies, boards and commissions. As part of his Operation: Allied Against Meth program, he drafted and passed a comprehensive new statewide methamphetamine initiative and formed the Pacific Northwest Precursor Chemical Committee. He has also presented the Operation: Allied Against Meth school assembly to more than 20,000 students at schools across Washington. He convened the first Statewide Identity Theft Conference and formed working groups to fight this crime. He will continue working to pass legislation allowing citizens to freeze access to their credit before they become victims of identity theft. In response to the rising victimization of Latino consumers, Attorney General McKenna convened two Latino Consumer Protection Summits in SeaTac and Yakima to identify new ways to reach this community and improve access to crime prevention tools. Under AG McKenna’s leadership, the Office of the Attorney General was the first state agency to implement a performance management plan that rewards high-performing employees who achieve rigorous goals. During his tenure as attorney general, AG McKenna has been named National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Executive Board Member; NAAG Tobacco Committee Co-Chair; One of Washington CEO Magazine’s Most Amazing Attorneys of 2006; One of Seattle Magazine’s 26 Most Influential People in Seattle; Outstanding Leader of the Year by the Eastside Domestic Violence Program; Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership; and King County Washington Women Lawyers’ Special Contribution to the Judiciary Award Winner. In 1995, McKenna was elected to the Metropolitan King County Council. He was re-elected twice without opposition and was twice rated “Outstanding” by the Municipal League. McKenna received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1988, where he was a member of the Law Review. He earned a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in International Studies, both with honors, from the University of Washington. McKenna was student body president at the U.W. and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He has been an attorney for 18 years since beginning his career in 1988 at the Bellevue office of Perkins Coie, one of the nation’s top 50 law firms. A committed community leader, McKenna has raised hundreds of thousands for the Eastside Domestic Violence Program and the Bellevue Schools Foundation. An Eagle Scout himself, McKenna continues to serve as a board member with the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Bellevue Community College Foundation. |
