Office of the State Attorney
The office of the U.S. state attorney was first established in the year 1789 through the Judiciary Act of 1789.The implication of the act was that the office was created to supervise the attorneys in all the districts that existed then. Initially, these attorneys operated on their independence of any central governance system. Later after the establishment of the State Attorney's office, then later came the department of justice. At its inception, the creation of the State Attorney's office sought grant the office bearer a new mandate to represent the U.S. government in any litigation processes either as a plaintiff or a defendant. The General Attorney also plays the role of acting as a prosecutor in any cases of offences for the government. The process of prosecution was centered in his office. Regarding the access and amount of power that the Attorney was granted as the government head, the president is not expected to influence the activities taking place in the office directly. The autonomy of this state officer was kept independent and free from interference by the people's parliament. These provisions for the operations and conduct of the business in this high office are still applicable and still being used to date (O'flaherty, 2011).
The organization structure
The attorney's office provides legal support for the 93 U.S. attorney offices all over the states. The structure of the office is that one Chief State Attorney and a deputy chief attorney head it. The rest of the staff and the support staff are similar to those of other officers in the government down to the district levels of management. There are also the members of the Department of Justice who are part of the judiciary. They assist to assemble the work for then chief attorney in the entire justice system. The U.S. president appoints the state attorney. However, once appointed and approved by congress, the State Attorney enjoys a security of tenure. Not even the president can dismiss the attorney at will. The delegated powers of the State Attorney are distributed to government. There is also a provision for the State Attorney to appoint or create other small offices that may be of help to the overall administration of the central office. The structure is maintained as simple and lean as possible to ensure that the functioning of the system is seamless (O'flaherty, 2011).
The functions of the Office of the State Attorney
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