Karl Racine

Karl Racine
Attorney General for the District of Columbia
In office
January 2, 2015 – January 2, 2023
MayorMuriel Bowser
Preceded byIrvin B. Nathan
Succeeded byBrian Schwalb
Personal details
Born
Karl Anthony Racine

(1962-12-14) December 14, 1962 (age 61)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)

Karl Anthony Racine[1] (born December 14, 1962)[2] is a Haitian-American lawyer and politician. He was the first independently elected Attorney General for the District of Columbia, a position he held from 2015 to 2023.[3] Before that, he was the managing partner of Venable LLP.[4][5][6] As Attorney General, Racine received national attention for his work on antitrust matters,[7] and in 2021 launched an eventually-dismissed antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.[8][9]

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  3. ^ Shapiro, T. Rees; DeBonis, Mike (November 4, 2014). "Karl Racine wins first-ever race for D.C. attorney general". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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  8. ^ Feiner, Annie Palmer, Lauren (September 13, 2021). "DC attorney general goes after Amazon's first-party business in amended antitrust complaint". CNBC. Retrieved September 16, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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