Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division

Abbott Center, Suite 300
1500 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 241-0210
Facsimile (517) 241-1074

Detroit Office:
Cadillac Place
3030 West Grand Blvd.
Suite 10-200
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 456-0050
Facsimile (313) 456-0281

Duties/Representing:

• Bureau of State Lottery
• Office of the Racing Commissioner
• Gaming Control Board
• Department of State Police Gaming Section
  • Prosecution of casino-related crimes
• Department of Treasury
  • Civil Forfeiture actions under Tobacco Products Tax Act
  • Criminal tax enforcement
  • Jeopardy tax assessments
• Liquor Control Commission
  • Illegal interstate shipments of alcohol

Consumer Protection Division

G. Mennen Williams Building, 6th Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30213
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-0855
Complaints (517) 373-1140
Facsimile (517) 241-3771

Antitrust & Franchise
P.O. Box 30213

Lansing, MI 48909

(517) 373-7117

Facsimile (517) 335-1935

Charitable Trusts

P.O. Box 30214

Lansing, MI 48909

(517) 373-1152

Facsimile (517) 241-0229

Duties/Representing:

• Charitable Trust Section
  • Charitable solicitation licenses
  • Charitable trust registration
  • Dissolution of charities
  • Registration of public safety organizations
  • Licensing and registration of professional fundraisers
    
• Consumer Protection Section
  • Consumer complaints
  • False advertising
  • Home improvement finances
  • Home solicitation sales
  • Item pricing
  • Landlord/tenant relations
  • Retail installment sales
  • Selling and advertising
  • Telemarketing (deregulated)
  • Warranties
  • Auto leases
    
• Department of State Section
  • Auto dealer regulation
  • Auto emissions testing
  • Auto repair facility regulation
    
• Franchise Section
  • Franchise registrations
  • Business opportunity registrations
  • Pyramid schemes
    
• Antitrust Section
  • Restraint of trade
  • Price fixing
  • Monopoly and merger enforcement under state and federal antitrust law

Criminal Prosecutions Division

East Lansing Office
2860 Eyde Parkway
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 241-6565
Facsimile (517) 241-6568

Detroit Office
Cadillac Place
3030 W. Grand Blvd.
Suite 10-350
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 456-0180
Facsimile (313) 456-0181

Duties/Representing:

• Department of State Police
• Crime Victims Compensation Board
• Criminal Justice Information System Policy Counsel
• DARE Advisory Board
• Michigan Fugitive Task Force
• Michigan Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
• Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan Board
• Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council Board
• Cold case prosecutions
• Complaints against prosecuting attorneys
• Criminal investigations/prosecutions
• Criminal securities/fraud
• RICO Investigations & Prosecutions
• Domestic violence - Northern Michigan
• Joshua Project - firearms related assaults in City of Detroit
• MIOSHA prosecutions
• Public corruption
• Workers compensation fraud
• Child and Public Protection Unit
• Child pornography
• Internet predators
• Welfare fraud prosecutions
• Department of Human Services, Office of Inspector General
• Environmental Violations prosecutions

Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division

G. Mennen Williams Building, 6th Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30755
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-7540
Facsimile (517) 373-1610

Duties/Representing:

• Attorney General designee on or counsel to:
  • Agriculture Commission
  • Great Lakes Commission
  • Great Lakes Fishery Trust
  • Mackinac Island State Park Commission
  • Michigan State Waterways Commission
  • Natural Resources Commission
  • Natural Resources Damage Assessment Trustee Council
• General counsel to:
  • Michigan Department of Agriculture
  • Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
  • Michigan Department of History, Arts, and Libraries
    • Abandoned Property on Great Lakes Bottomlands
  • Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
    • Plat Matters, Land Division Act
  • Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Native American Affairs
  • Advises and represents various state agencies in matters involving Native American treaty issues

Tobacco and Special Litigation Division

G. Mennen Williams Building, 7th Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-1123
Facsimile (517) 373-9860

Duties/Representing:

• Directs and conducts litigation and investigations by specific assignment from the Attorney General
• Utility rate and service proceedings (electricity, natural gas, telecommunications)
• Tobacco Enforcement
  • Enforce payment requirements of Master Settlement Agreement ("MSA")
  • Enforce marketing restrictions imposed by MSA
  • Admission of new parties to MSA
  • Enforce legislation requiring nonparticipating companies to place funds into escrow
  • Negotiate agreements with retail chains to improve practices and reduce illegal sales to youth