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Attorney General Of The Northern Mariana Islands
The Office of the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands ( ch, Abugådu Heneråt; cal, Sóulemil Allégh) provides "legal counsel and representation to the...government and its agencies in many issues vital to the people’s interest. These issues include the protection of children from abuse and neglect, preservation of the environment, protecting the Commonwealth’s financial assets, the protection of consumers, and public safety." The office has the following divisions: * Administrative Services * Child Support Enforcement * Civil Division * Consumer Protection * Criminal Division * Investigative Division * Solicitor’s Division List of attorneys general (1978-present) * Michael D'Angelo (1978) * +James E. Sinding (1979–1981) * Peter Van Name Esser (1982–1983) * +Rexford C. Kosack (1983–1986) * Alexandro C. Castro (1986–1989) * Edward E. Manibusan (1989–1990) * Robert C. Naraja (1990–1994) * +Richard Weil (1994–1995) * +Loren A. Sutton (1995) cti ...
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Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.Lin, Tom C.W.Americans, Almost and Forgotten 107 California Law Review (2019) The CNMI includes the 14 northernmost islands in the Mariana Archipelago; the southernmost island, Guam, is a separate U.S. territory. The United States Department of the Interior cites a landmass of . According to the 2020 United States Census, 47,329 people were living in the CNMI at that time. The vast majority of the population resides on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. The other islands of the Northern Marianas are sparsely inhabited; the most notable among these is Pagan, which for various reasons over the centuries has experienced major population flux, but formerly had res ...
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Edward Manibusan
Edward Eladio Manibusan is a Northern Marianan politician serving as the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands since January 12, 2015 and previously from July 1, 1989 to January 8, 1990. He is the first elected attorney general; previous AGs were appointed by the governor. Manibusan was elected in 2014, defeating attorney Michael Evangelista by about a two to one margin. He was reelected in 2018, without opposition. Before he was elected Attorney General, Manibusan was the head of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety, the appointed Attorney General from 1989 to 1990, an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from February 1993 to July 1998, the Presiding Judge of the NMI Superior Court from July 1998 to March 2003, and an attorney in solo private practice. Prior to the election he also held an honorary appointment as the Civilian Aide to the United States Secretary of the Army for the CNMI. From ...
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Ramona Villagomez Manglona
Ramona "Mona" Villagomez Mangloña () (née Ramona Emma Pangelinan Villagomez; born February 26, 1967) is the Chief United States district judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. Her term ended on July 28, 2021 (unless reappointed), and she may serve thereafter until a successor is chosen and qualified. Early life and education Judge Mangloña was born February 26, 1967 on Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Japanese. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1996. Career Prior to attending law school, Judge Mangloña worked in her family's real estate management business. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk for two of the judges of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She then joined the Office of the Attorney General, servi ...
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Matthew Gregory (attorney)
Matthew Theodore Gregory (born October 29, 1968) is a former Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ... of the Northern Mariana Islands. He was appointed in January 2006 and served until 27 September 2008. After Gregory's departure, he was succeeded as acting Attorney General by Deputy Attorney General Gregory Baka for nearly eleven months. Eventually, Assistant Attorney General Edward Taylor Buckingham, III was confirmed as Attorney General on August 14, 2009. References Living people Attorneys general of the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands lawyers American lawyers 1968 births {{US-law-bio-stub ...
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Saipan Tribune
The ''Saipan Tribune'' is a newspaper published online seven days a week and in print from Monday to Friday in the Northern Mariana Islands. The ''Saipan Tribune'' is headquartered in Saipan. The newspaper is owned by Pacific Publications and Printing Inc., which is an affiliate of the Tan Holdings Corporation. Its main competitor is the ''Marianas Variety News & Views''. See also *List of newspapers in the Northern Mariana Islands This is a list of newspapers in the Northern Mariana Islands. *'' Marianas Business Journal'' – Saipan *''Marianas Variety News & Views'' – Saipan *''Saipan Tribune'' – Saipan Other regional newspapers: *''Pacific Daily News'' – Guam *''P ... References Newspapers published in the Northern Mariana Islands Daily newspapers published in the United States English-language newspapers published in Oceania Mass media in the Northern Mariana Islands {{US-newspaper-stub ...
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Edward Buckingham
Edward Taylor Buckingham, III is a former Attorney General of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Personal Edward Taylor Buckingham, III is the grandson of Edward Taylor Buckingham (b. 1874), Yale Law School Class of 1897, Democratic 48th and 52nd Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1909-1911 and 1929-1933. Ed met his wife Pamela Peterson Buckingham while studying at the University of California, Berkeley. They reside in Lakewood, Colorado. Their son, Dr. Edward Taylor Buckingham, IV, M.D. (“Taylor”), is a psychiatrist in Denver, CO. Career Ed Buckingham studied law and was admitted to the bar on October 17, 1977 in Denver, Colorado, and after employment with the National Security Agency later practiced municipal defense law. He subsequently served briefly as a government lawyer on Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia. Mr. Buckingham was hired by CNMI AG Pamela Sue Brown in 2004 as an Assistant AG to represent the Commonwealth with respect to the ...
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Joey San Nicolas
Joey Patrick San Nicolas is a politician in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) who served as Mayor of Tinian. He previously served as Attorney General. Career On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, San Nicolas was nominated as the Attorney General, and appointed in an acting capacity, by Governor Benigno Fitial. On Friday, November 16, 2012, he was unanimously confirmed by the CNMI Senate on his native Tinian Tinian ( or ; old Japanese name: 天仁安島, ''Tenian-shima'') is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of the ... and sworn in later that day. He succeeded acting Attorney General Ellsbeth Viola Alepuyo, who was appointed on Monday, August 13, 2012 after Edward Buckingham fled the island in scandal. San Nicolas resigned effective Saturday, July 5, 2014, to run for Mayor of Tinian. He was succeeded by Deputy Attorney General ...
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Gilbert Birnbrich
Gilbert Joseph Birnbrich ( ) was the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands from 2014 to 2015. Early life and career Birnbrich is a native of Columbus, Ohio. He studied law in Ohio, before moving to the Northern Mariana Islands in 2003. He served as a clerk for Judge Alex Munson in the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands from 2003 to 2006, before working in private practice for attorney Colin Thompson. In February 2010 he joined the CNMI Office of the Attorney General, becoming Chief of the Civil Division in May 2011. On December 30, 2013, he was appointed Deputy Attorney General. While at the OAG Birnbrich was a witness in the criminal trial of his former boss, ex-Attorney General Edward Buckingham, over the events culminating on Saturday, August 4, 2012. Attorney General When Attorney General Joey San Nicolas Joey Patrick San Nicolas is a politician in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) who served as Mayor of Tinian. He previously s ...
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Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally. In practice, the extent to which the attorney general personally provides legal advice to the government varies between jurisdictions, and even between individual office-holders within the same jurisdiction, often depending on the level and nature of the office-holder's prior legal experience. Where the attorney general has ministerial responsibility for legal affairs in general (as is the case, for example, with the United States Attorney General or the Attorney-General for Australia, and the respective attorneys general of the states in each country), the ministerial portfolio is largely equivalent to that of a Minister of Justice ...
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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the U.S. attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. The current attorney general is Merrick Garland, who was sworn in on March 11, 2021. The modern incarnation of the Justice Department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant presidency. The department comprises federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It also has eight major divisions of lawyers who rep ...
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Attorneys General Of The Northern Mariana Islands
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