Ohio Attorney General's OfficeGovernment

The Ohio Attorney General's Office is the chief legal and law enforcement agency of the State of Ohio, headed by the popularly elected Ohio Attorney General. Its mandate is to provide legal representation and counsel to all state agencies, departments, boards, and the General Assembly, protect consumers and civil rights, prosecute complex statewide criminal offenses, and oversee the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). Established by an act of the Ohio General Assembly on February 16, 1846, with Henry Stanbery serving as the inaugural appointee, the office was subsequently elevated to a statewide elected constitutional post under Article III of the Ohio Constitution of 1851.