The Criminal Law Division is responsible for investigating drug trafficking, child predators, organized crime, public corruption, insurance fraud and other criminal violations. This division also handles criminal cases referred to the Office of Attorney General by Pennsylvania’s 67 District Attorneys or various other government agencies. More Criminal Law Division The Public Protection Division safeguards the personal rights of the citizens of Pennsylvania and protects the public interest. The Public Protection Division handles consumer complaints through the Bureau of Consumer Protection and the Health Care Section, oversees Tobacco enforcement, Charitable Trusts and Organizations, Antitrust actions and Civil Rights Enforcement. More Public Protection Division The Civil Law Division defends the constitutionality of Pennsylvania law, represents Commonwealth agencies, defends the Commonwealth in tax appeals, collects delinquent taxes and other debts owed to the Commonwealth, handles or supervises various appeals and reviews Commonwealth contracts, regulations and bond issues for form and legality. More Civil Law Division The Office of Public Engagement prevents crime through outreach in communities across Pennsylvania. The office teaches young adults and parents about drug addiction and shows seniors how to avoid becoming the victim of a scam. Request a presentation and access resources from the office online. More Office of Public Engagement
 Josh Shapiro serves as Pennsylvania’s Attorney General to represent victims of crime and abuse; defend individual rights; and hold the most powerful interests accountable to the law when they rip off or harm Pennsylvanians. The son of a public school teacher and a pediatrician, Josh grew up seeing how compassion and serving others can change lives and strengthen an entire community. After earning his law degree at night from Georgetown, Josh and his high school sweetheart Lori returned to their hometown where they are raising their four children. Throughout his career in public service, Josh has been unafraid to challenge the status quo and win big fights that improve the lives of Pennsylvanians. As Attorney General, he preserved patients’ access to healthcare by taking on the largest healthcare companies in Pennsylvania; exposed a decades-long cover up of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church; and has returned over $200 million dollars in financial and non-monetary relief to student loan borrowers, seniors, small business and consumers. Josh knows that we must enforce the rules, even on the most powerful and well-connected, for our economy to deliver for everyday Pennsylvanians, and that inequality hurts us all by denying too many people their shot at success. Currently in his second term, Josh fulfilled a mandate to modernize the Attorney General’s office and meet its promise to be the people’s law firm. His leadership forced action to take on the climate crisis and held polluters accountable; defended voting rights; and protected women’s access to contraception. As Attorney General Josh is directing an urgent, across-the-board fight against the big drug companies and trafficking rings that fuel the heroin and opioid epidemic, including more treatment for those suffering from addiction. He is tackling the scourge of gun violence across Pennsylvania and is committed to improving trust in the justice system with a comprehensive integrity agenda, a more diverse workforce, and smart-on-crime criminal justice reforms. As Chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners Josh led an historic fiscal turnaround, helped the first LGBT couples in Pennsylvania marry and fired Wall Street money managers to protect pensions and save retirees millions. As State Representative for Pennsylvania’s 153rd House District he passed some of the toughest ethics laws in state history. The heritage of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General is one of the oldest and most divergent offices of public trust in the United States spanning over three centuries of life in the Commonwealth. The office is marked by several significant periods in its history:
The position of Attorney General was created in 1643, before the arrival of English Common Law, as an office within government of the area known as New Sweden. Appointees were selected by the King of Sweden. The arrival of William Penn in 1681 as the proprietor of Pennsylvania began a continuing succession of notable Attorneys General including David Lloyd (1686-1710), who designed Pennsylvania’s first judicial system, and Andrew Hamilton (1717-1726), who defined the early role of the Office by making significant changes from the European systems of justice. (Hamilton later defended printer John Peter Zenger in a case that became the foundation for the concept of freedom of press.) The “Proprietary” Attorneys General existed until 1776 when the Attorney General became a constitutional officer of the democratic Commonwealth. John Morris was the first Attorney General appointed under the Constitution. The new constitutional office continued to grow in importance until 1840 when it suffered a period of regression. Various Attorneys General and the Governors who appointed them defined the duties of the Office in different and contradictory ways. By the year 1850, through improperly drafted legislation, the Office was stripped of its authority at the county level and was rendered almost powerless in state government. It was not until 1915 that the General Assembly established new powers and duties for the Office including the authority to appoint more Deputy Attorneys General. Beginning in 1923, the Administrative Code made the Attorney General the administrator for the Pennsylvania Department of Justice. Attorneys General The Constitutional amendment was implemented by the Commonwealth Attorneys Act of 1980 which defined the duties and powers of the Attorney General. The Constitution further provided the Attorney General shall be the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be imposed by law.
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General enforces the law and defends the interests of the Commonwealth and its diverse citizens by:
As provided by the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the fundamental duties of the Attorney General are:
Henry served previously as First Assistant District Attorney of Bucks County. In her career with the Bucks County DA’s Office, Henry served in every possible role, including as an assistant DA, deputy DA, chief deputy, senior deputy, chief of major crimes and chief of child abuse. In January 2008, Henry was appointed Bucks County District Attorney by a bipartisan vote of the Bucks County judiciary and served as DA for nearly two years.
Selber served as chief of the Homicide Unit in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, where she oversaw all homicide investigations and tried cases as well. Selber successfully prosecuted the killer of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, and more recently, the contractor responsible for the building collapse on Market Street that left six people dead. As head of the Criminal Division, Selber will oversee 436 employees and an array of law enforcement actions, including the Attorney General’s efforts to combat the heroin and opioid crisis in Pennsylvania. Neary joined the Office of Attorney General in 2012, and served most recently as the Chief of the Civil Litigation Section. In her time at the Office, Neary has worked on countless injunctions and other complex litigation matters and represented nearly every agency and office of the Commonwealth. Prior to joining the Office, Neary worked for the Governor’s Office of General Counsel, where she was assigned to the Pennsylvania State Police. Neary is a 2003 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (Johnstown) and a 2006 graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School.
After admission to the Pennsylvania Bar, Mr. Donahue worked for a small firm in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He joined the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General in 1985. In July 1997, he was appointed Chief Deputy Attorney General of the Antitrust Section. In 2004, Mr. Donahue won the Marvin Award from the National Association of Attorneys General for leadership in advancing the goals of the Association. Mr. Donahue was appointed Chair of the NAAG Multistate Antitrust Task Force and served in that position from 2009 to 2012. In January 2013, Mr. Donahue became Executive Deputy Attorney General for the Public Protection Division, responsible for Antitrust, Charitable Trust, Consumer Protection, Civil Rights & Special Litigation, Health Care and Tobacco Enforcement. From September 2016 until January 2017 he has also served as Acting Chief of staff. From February 2017 to March 2018, Mr. Donahue served as Senior Counsel to the Attorney General. He returned to the position of Executive Deputy Attorney General for the Public Protection Division, which now also includes the Fair Labor Section, in March 2018. Mr. Donahue is also admitted to practice law in Massachusetts. During her 25 year career at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Lobel was named Chief of the Felony Waiver and Charging Units, and served as Deputy of the Trial, Pre-Trial, and Training and Technology Divisions. She tried hundreds of felony cases, including homicide trials. Lobel was the recipient of the Legal Intelligencer “Woman of Distinction” award in 2010. In addition, she is an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at The Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. Josh Shapiro serves as Pennsylvania’s Attorney General to represent victims of crime and abuse; defend individual rights; and hold the most powerful interests accountable to the law when they rip off or harm Pennsylvanians. The son of a public school teacher and a pediatrician, Josh grew up seeing how compassion and serving others can change lives and strengthen an entire community. After earning his law degree at night from Georgetown, Josh and his high school sweetheart Lori returned to their hometown where they are raising their four children. Throughout his career in public service, Josh has been unafraid to challenge the status quo and win big fights that improve the lives of Pennsylvanians. As Attorney General, he preserved patients’ access to healthcare by taking on the largest healthcare companies in Pennsylvania; exposed a decades-long cover up of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church; and has returned over $200 million dollars in financial and non-monetary relief to student loan borrowers, seniors, small business and consumers. Josh knows that we must enforce the rules, even on the most powerful and well-connected, for our economy to deliver for everyday Pennsylvanians, and that inequality hurts us all by denying too many people their shot at success. Currently in his second term, Josh fulfilled a mandate to modernize the Attorney General’s office and meet its promise to be the people’s law firm. His leadership forced action to take on the climate crisis and held polluters accountable; defended voting rights; and protected women’s access to contraception. As Attorney General Josh is directing an urgent, across-the-board fight against the big drug companies and trafficking rings that fuel the heroin and opioid epidemic, including more treatment for those suffering from addiction. He is tackling the scourge of gun violence across Pennsylvania and is committed to improving trust in the justice system with a comprehensive integrity agenda, a more diverse workforce, and smart-on-crime criminal justice reforms. As Chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners Josh led an historic fiscal turnaround, helped the first LGBT couples in Pennsylvania marry and fired Wall Street money managers to protect pensions and save retirees millions. As State Representative for Pennsylvania’s 153rd House District he passed some of the toughest ethics laws in state history. The heritage of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General is one of the oldest and most divergent offices of public trust in the United States spanning over three centuries of life in the Commonwealth. The office is marked by several significant periods in its history:
The position of Attorney General was created in 1643, before the arrival of English Common Law, as an office within government of the area known as New Sweden. Appointees were selected by the King of Sweden. The arrival of William Penn in 1681 as the proprietor of Pennsylvania began a continuing succession of notable Attorneys General including David Lloyd (1686-1710), who designed Pennsylvania’s first judicial system, and Andrew Hamilton (1717-1726), who defined the early role of the Office by making significant changes from the European systems of justice. (Hamilton later defended printer John Peter Zenger in a case that became the foundation for the concept of freedom of press.) The “Proprietary” Attorneys General existed until 1776 when the Attorney General became a constitutional officer of the democratic Commonwealth. John Morris was the first Attorney General appointed under the Constitution. The new constitutional office continued to grow in importance until 1840 when it suffered a period of regression. Various Attorneys General and the Governors who appointed them defined the duties of the Office in different and contradictory ways. By the year 1850, through improperly drafted legislation, the Office was stripped of its authority at the county level and was rendered almost powerless in state government. It was not until 1915 that the General Assembly established new powers and duties for the Office including the authority to appoint more Deputy Attorneys General. Beginning in 1923, the Administrative Code made the Attorney General the administrator for the Pennsylvania Department of Justice. Attorneys General The Constitutional amendment was implemented by the Commonwealth Attorneys Act of 1980 which defined the duties and powers of the Attorney General. The Constitution further provided the Attorney General shall be the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be imposed by law.
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General enforces the law and defends the interests of the Commonwealth and its diverse citizens by:
As provided by the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the fundamental duties of the Attorney General are:
Henry served previously as First Assistant District Attorney of Bucks County. In her career with the Bucks County DA’s Office, Henry served in every possible role, including as an assistant DA, deputy DA, chief deputy, senior deputy, chief of major crimes and chief of child abuse. In January 2008, Henry was appointed Bucks County District Attorney by a bipartisan vote of the Bucks County judiciary and served as DA for nearly two years.
Selber served as chief of the Homicide Unit in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, where she oversaw all homicide investigations and tried cases as well. Selber successfully prosecuted the killer of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, and more recently, the contractor responsible for the building collapse on Market Street that left six people dead. As head of the Criminal Division, Selber will oversee 436 employees and an array of law enforcement actions, including the Attorney General’s efforts to combat the heroin and opioid crisis in Pennsylvania. Neary joined the Office of Attorney General in 2012, and served most recently as the Chief of the Civil Litigation Section. In her time at the Office, Neary has worked on countless injunctions and other complex litigation matters and represented nearly every agency and office of the Commonwealth. Prior to joining the Office, Neary worked for the Governor’s Office of General Counsel, where she was assigned to the Pennsylvania State Police. Neary is a 2003 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (Johnstown) and a 2006 graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School.
After admission to the Pennsylvania Bar, Mr. Donahue worked for a small firm in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He joined the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General in 1985. In July 1997, he was appointed Chief Deputy Attorney General of the Antitrust Section. In 2004, Mr. Donahue won the Marvin Award from the National Association of Attorneys General for leadership in advancing the goals of the Association. Mr. Donahue was appointed Chair of the NAAG Multistate Antitrust Task Force and served in that position from 2009 to 2012. In January 2013, Mr. Donahue became Executive Deputy Attorney General for the Public Protection Division, responsible for Antitrust, Charitable Trust, Consumer Protection, Civil Rights & Special Litigation, Health Care and Tobacco Enforcement. From September 2016 until January 2017 he has also served as Acting Chief of staff. From February 2017 to March 2018, Mr. Donahue served as Senior Counsel to the Attorney General. He returned to the position of Executive Deputy Attorney General for the Public Protection Division, which now also includes the Fair Labor Section, in March 2018. Mr. Donahue is also admitted to practice law in Massachusetts. During her 25 year career at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Lobel was named Chief of the Felony Waiver and Charging Units, and served as Deputy of the Trial, Pre-Trial, and Training and Technology Divisions. She tried hundreds of felony cases, including homicide trials. Lobel was the recipient of the Legal Intelligencer “Woman of Distinction” award in 2010. In addition, she is an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at The Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. |
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