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Division of Legal Services
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Kevin Potter, Administrator • Biography
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The Division of Legal Services provides legal representation and
advice to the Governor, Legislature, other state officers and state
agencies. It provides legal opinions to county corporation
counsel, district attorneys, the Legislature and state agencies.
In addition, it has primary responsibility to take court action to
enforce the state environmental, antitrust, consumer protection, and
Medicaid fraud laws. It has limited jurisdiction to enforce
certain criminal laws including fraud relating to securities, taxes and
insurance. It also represents the state’s interests in state and
federal courts, both trial and appellate. The Division represents
the state in all felony and other significant criminal cases on appeal.
The Division defends state employees, state officers and state agencies
in civil actions such as tort and employment-related actions. In
addition, the Division coordinates the Attorney General’s participation
with other states, as amicus curiae, in appellate cases of importance to
Wisconsin.
The Division consists of legal practice groups organized on the basis
of those substantive areas of law that maximize the advantages of
specialization. Each Unit is managed by a supervising attorney and
is comprised of assistant attorneys general, paralegals and clerical
staff. The Office of Consumer Protection and the Medicaid Fraud
Control and Elder Abuse Unit also contain investigators to assist in case preparation.
The Division represents the Department on the Claims Board, the
Judicial Council, the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems, the
Retirement Research Committee, the Joint Survey Committee on Tax
Exemptions, the Group Insurance Board, the Public Records Board, the
Governor’s Advisory Pardon Board, the Criminal Jury Instructions
Committee, the American Indian Study Committee and the Insurance
Security Fund Board.
Legal Services In The News
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Countrywide settlement update
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