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The Public Health Law Program provides this voluntary directory of public health attorneys as a public service. If you are a government-employed attorney serving in a state health department and you would like to be listed, please submit the following information to [email protected]: name, degree(s), title, organization, name of health department served, mailing address, phone, fax, and email.
Alabama-Florida
Alabama
Primary Contact
P. Brian Hale
General Counsel
201 Monroe Street, Suite 1540, The RSA Tower
Montgomery, AL 36130-3017
Phone: (334) 206-5209
Fax: (334) 206-5874
Email: [email protected]
Alaska
Primary Contact
Leah Farzin
Assistant Attorney General
123 4th Street, Dimond Court House
P.O. Box 110300
Juneau, AK 99811-0300
Phone: (907) 465-2173
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Kelly Henriksen
Assistant Attorney General
123 4th Street, Dimond Court House
P.O. Box 110300
Juneau, AK 99811-0300
Phone: (907) 465-6726
Fax: (907) 465-2539
Email: [email protected]
Arizona
Primary Contact
Kevin Ray
Assistant Attorney General
2005 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone: (602) 542-8328
Fax: (602) 364-0700
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Aubrey Joy Corcoran, JD, MPH
Health Unit Chief Counsel
2005 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone: (602) 542-8890
Fax: (602)364-0700
Email: [email protected]
Arkansas
Primary Contact
This position is now open
Secondary Contact
Reginald Rogers
Deputy General Counsel
4815 West Markham Street, Slot 31
Little Rock, AR 72205-3867
Phone: (501) 661-2609
Cell: (501) 944-2962
Fax: (501) 661-2357
Email: [email protected]
California
Primary Contact
Drew Brereton
Chief Counsel
1415 L Street, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 558-1710
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Mike Rainville
Assistant Chief Counsel
1415 L Street, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 558-1710
Email: [email protected]
Colorado
Primary Contact
Ann Hause
Director, Office of Legal and Regulatory Compliance
4300 Cherry Creek Drive S
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Phone: (303) 692-3472
Fax: (303) 691-7702
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Deborah Nelson
4300 Cherry Creek Drive S
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Phone: (303) 692-3466
Fax: (303) 691-7702
Email: [email protected]
Connecticut
Primary Contact
Henry Salton
Assistant Attorney General
55 Elm St.
P.O. Box 120
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 808-5210
Fax: (860) 808-5385
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Daniel Shapiro
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
55 Elm Street
P.O. Box 120
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 808-5142
Fax: (860) 808-5385
Email: [email protected]
Delaware
Primary Contact
Joanna Suder
Deputy Attorney General
820 N. French St., 6th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302) 577-8323
Fax: (302) 577-5866
E-mail: [email protected]
District of Columbia
Primary Contact
Phillip Husband, BBA, JD
General Counsel
899 North Capitol Street, NE, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-5977
Fax: (202) 442-4797
Email: [email protected]
Florida
Primary Contact
Louise St. Laurent
Office of General Counsel
Florida Department of Health
Physical Address
2585 Merchants Row Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 32311
Mailing Address
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin# A02
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1703
Phone: (850) 245-4005
Email: [email protected]
Georgia-Louisiana
Georgia
Primary Contact
Melanie Simon
General Counsel
2 Peachtree St. NW, 5th floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 232-1710
Email: [email protected]
Hawaii
Primary Contact
Angela A. Tokuda
Deputy Attorney General
465 South King Street, Suite 200
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 587-3050
Fax: (808) 587-3077
Email: [email protected]
Idaho
Primary Contact
Robert Adelson
Deputy Attorney General
3276 Elder Street, Suite B
Boise, Idaho 83720-5537
Bus Ph:(208) 334-7961
Bus Fax:(208) 334-6515
Email: [email protected]
Indiana
Primary Contact
Kelly Mackinnon, JD
Chief Legal Counsel
Office of Legal Affairs
2 N. Meridian St., 3H-99
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 233-7316
Fax: (317) 234-6278
Email: [email protected]
Iowa
Primary Contact
Heather Adams
Assistant Attorney General
1305 E. Walnut Street
Hoover State Office Building, 2nd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 281-3441
Work Cell: (515) 201-8430
Fax: (515) 281-7551
Email: [email protected]
Kansas
Primary Contact
Eugene Lueger
Associate Chief Counsel for Public Health
Office of Legal Services, Curtis State Office Building
1000 SW Jackson, Ste. 560
Topeka, KS 66612-1371
Phone: (785) 296-0088
Fax: (785) 296-7119
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Greg Lakin
Chief Health Officer/Medicaid Medical Director
Phone: (785) 296-0461
Kentucky
Primary Contact
Wesley Duke
General Counsel, Office of Legal Services
Phone: (502) 564-7042
Fax: (502) 564-7091
Email: [email protected]
Louisiana
Primary Contact
David McCay
Attorney Supervisor
P.O. Box 3836
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Phone: (225) 342-1123
Fax: (225) 342-2232
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Kimberly Humbles
General Counsel
P.O. Box 3836
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Phone: (225) 342-1128
Email: [email protected]
Maine-Montana
Maine
Primary Contact
Margaret Machaiek
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Attorney General
6 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0006
Phone: (207) 626-8881
Fax: (207) 626-8828
Email: [email protected]
Maryland
Primary Contact
Mary Bearden
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
300 W. Preston Street, Suite 302
Telephone: (410) 767-6526
Mobile: (410) 775-6012
Fax: (410) 333-5174
Email: [email protected]
Massachusetts
Primary Contact
Margret R. Cooke
Acting Commissioner of Public Health
Office of the General Counsel
250 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108
Main: (617) 624-5220
Email: [email protected]
Michigan
Primary Contact
Brittany Campbell, Director
Public Health Legal Division
333 S Grand Ave.
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 582-3784
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Eric Hendricks, Manager
Public Health & Legal Services Section
333 S Grand Ave.
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 331-3181
Email: [email protected]
Minnesota
Primary Contact
Robin Benson, JD
Chief Legal Counsel
625 North Robert Street
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: (651) 201-4566
Email: [email protected]
Mississippi
Primary Contact
Cassandra B. Walter, Esq.
General Counsel
570 East Woodrow Wilson Blvd.
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone: (601) 576-7419
Email: [email protected]
Missouri
Primary Contact
Richard Moore, JD
Chief Counsel
Office of General Counsel
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-6005
Fax: (573) 751-0247
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Brenda Rackers, JD, RN
Senior Legal Counsel
Office of General Counsel
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-6005
Fax: (573) 751-0247
Email: [email protected]
Montana
Primary Contact
Paula M. Stannard
Chief Legal Counsel
P.O. Box 4210111 N Sanders, Rm 210
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: (406) 444-3127
Fax: (406) 444-9744
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Chad G. Parker
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel
P.O. Box 4210111 N Sanders, Rm 210
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: (406) 444-0207
Fax: (406) 444-9744
Email: [email protected]
Nebraska-Oregon
Nebraska
Primary Contact
Sara K. Houston
Lead Public Health Attorney
Legal Services
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-8747
Fax: (402) 742-2374
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Teresa M. Hampton
Attorney
Legal Services
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-4051
Fax: (402) 742-2374
Email: [email protected]
Nevada
Primary Contact
Pierron Tackes, JD, MPH
Deputy Attorney General
Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health
100 North Carson St.
Carson City, Nevada 89701
Bus Ph: (775) 684-1114
Bus Fax: (775) 684-1145
Email: [email protected]
New Hampshire
Primary Contact
Elizabeth Maynard
Counsel for Public Health
OOS/Brown Building
129 Pleasant St.
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-9223
Fax: (603) 271-5590
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
John Martin
129 Pleasant St.
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-9256
Email: [email protected]
New Jersey
Primary Contact
Joy L. Lindo
Director, Office of Legal & Regulatory Compliance
P.O. Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
Phone: (609) 984-2177
Fax: (609) 292-5333
Email: [email protected]
New Mexico
Primary Contact
Gabrielle Sanchez-Sandoval
Deputy Secretary and General Counsel
1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N-4095
P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87502
Phone: (505) 670-3298
New York
Primary Contact
Kathy S. Marks
General Counsel
2438 Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12237-0026
Phone: (518) 474-7553
Email: [email protected]
North Carolina
Primary Contact
Chris Hoke, JD
Director
Office of Regulatory and Legal Affairs
1931 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1931
Phone: (919) 707-5006
Fax: (919) 870-4829
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
John Barkley
Assistant Attorney General
Public Health and Child Welfare Section
9001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-9001
Phone: (919) 716-6864
Fax: (919) 716-6758
Email: [email protected]
North Dakota
This position is now open
Ohio
Primary Contact
Socrates H. Tuch
Senior Legal Counsel/Privacy Offer
246 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-4882
Fax: (614) 564-2509
Email: [email protected]
Oklahoma
Primary Contact
Mykel Fry
General Counsel
123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406
Phone: (405) 426-8941
Fax: (405) 900-7601
Email: [email protected]
Oregon
Primary Contact
Shannon O'Fallon
Senior Assistant Attorney General
General Counsel Division
Mailing Address: 1162 Court St NE, Salem, OR 97301-4096
Physical Address: 100 SW Market Street, Portland, OR 97201
Portland, OR 97201
Phone Direct: (971) 673-1950
Phone Mobile: (503) 358-2047
Email: [email protected]
Pennsylvania-Virginia
Pennsylvania
Primary Contact
Yvette M. Kostelac
Deputy Chief Counsel
Office of Legal Counsel
Room 825, Health and Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 783-2500
Fax: (717) 705-6042
Email: [email protected]
Rhode Island
Primary Contact
Kenny Alston
Chief Legal Counsel
3 Capitol Hill, Room 404
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 222-1685
Fax: (401) 222-6548
Email: [email protected]
South Carolina
Primary Contact
William D. Britt, Jr.
Chief Counsel for Public Health
South Carolina
Office of General Counsel
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 898-3350
Fax: (803) 898-3367
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
W. Marshall Taylor
General Counsel
South Carolina
Office of General Counsel
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 898-3350
Email: [email protected]
South Dakota
Primary Contact
Justin Williams
General Counsel
600 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-6697
Fax: (605) 773-5683
Email: [email protected]
Tennessee
Primary Contact
Mary Kennedy
Chief Deputy General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 253-4878
Email: [email protected]
Texas
Primary Contact
Cynthia Hernandez, JD, MS
General Counsel
1100 W 49th Street, M-526
Mail Code: 1919
Austin, TX 78714
Phone: (512) 776-6250
Email: [email protected]
Utah
Primary Contact
Stephanie Saperstein
Assistant Attorney General
288 North 1460 West
P.O. Box 140835
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0835
Phone: (801) 538-6430
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Brittany Huff
Assistant Attorney General
288 North 1460 West
P.O. Box 140835
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0835
Phone: (801) 538-6878
Fax: (801) 538-6306
Email: [email protected]
Vermont
Primary Contact
David C. Englander
Senior Policy and Legal Advisor
Office of the Commissioner
108 Cherry Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: (802) 863-7282
Fax: (802) 951-1275
Email: [email protected]
Virginia
Primary Contact
Robin Kurz
Senior Assistant Attorney General
202 North 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 786-0143
Fax: (804) 371-8718
Email: [email protected]
Washington-Wyoming
Washington
Primary Contact
Joyce Roper
Senior Assistant Attorney General
7141 Cleanwater Dr. SW
P.O. Box 40109
Olympia, WA 98504-0109
Phone: (360) 664-4968
Fax: (360) 586-3564
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Lilia Lopez
Assistant Attorney General
7141 Cleanwater Dr. SW
P.O. Box 40109
Olympia, WA 98504-0109
Phone: (360) 664-4967
Email: [email protected]
West Virginia
Primary Contact
Position is now open
Secondary Contact
Claire Winterholler
Assistant Attorney General
350 Capitol St., Room 702
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 356-4134
Fax: (304) 558-1035
Email: [email protected]
Wisconsin
Primary Contact
Jennifer Ullsvik
Attorney
Office of Legal Counsel
1 West Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 266-8457
Fax: (608) 267-1434
Email: [email protected]
Wyoming
Primary Contact
Jackson M. Engels
Senior Assistant Attorney General
Human Services Division
State of Wyoming Attorney General's Office
2320 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: (307) 777-3674
Email: [email protected]
Secondary Contact
Misha Westby
Deputy Attorney General
2320 Capital Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: (307) 777-7841
Fax: (307) 777-3435
Email: [email protected]