Division of Legal Services
	Kevin Potter, Administrator • Biography
	◊ Civil Litigation and Employment Unit ◊ Criminal Appeals ◊ Criminal Litigation, Antitrust, Consumer Protection, & Public Integrity ◊ Environmental Protection ◊ Medicaid Fraud Control ◊ State Programs, Administration & Revenue

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.

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