Karl A. Racine is a Haitian-American attorney and public servant who served as the seventh Attorney General of the District of Columbia from 2015 to 2023. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 30, 1964, he immigrated to the United States with his family at age six, settling in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Dartmouth College (BA in government, 1986) and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (JD, 1990). His early career included clerking for U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn in the District of Columbia, serving as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia, and working in the Clinton administration as an associate White House counsel, a special assistant to the president for legislative affairs, and in the Department of Justice. As Attorney General, he became known for aggressive consumer protection lawsuits against major corporations like Google, Facebook, and Amazon, as well as a 2022 lawsuit against Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder. He was the first person born outside the U.S. to hold the office and focused on equity issues including antitrust, data privacy, opioid investigations, and civil rights. He won re-election in 2018 but declined a third term in 2022, later joining Venable LLP as a partner and co-chair of its state attorneys general practice. His tenure was marked by progressive stances on marijuana legalization and police reform, drawing both praise for transparency and criticism from some quarters. Prior to his election, he was a managing partner at the law firm Venable LLP and served as the first elected Attorney General of D.C. following a 2010 charter amendment.