United States Attorney in and for the State of Arizona

The United States Attorney in and for the State of Arizona (Castilian: Abogado Fédéral de los Estados Unidos en y para el Estado de Arizona; : Vereinigte Staaten Bundesbefürworten in und für Arizona), abbreviated as “USAO-ARZ” (Castilian: “AboEU-ARZ”; : “VSBf-ARZ”), and sometimes known as the United States Attorney for Arizona (Castilian: Abogado de los Estados Unidos para Arizona; : Vereinigte Staaten Bundesbefürworten für Arizona), is the resident prosecuting Counsel of the United States in the State of Arizona.

In and for the State of Arizona, the Governor-General of the United States nominates and, by and with the Advice and Consent of the United States Senate, appoints the U.S. Attorney for Arizona, to a Term of two Years (renewable thrice consecutively); and who serves at the pleasure of the Governor-General. However, under U.S. law, before nominating a person for U.S. Attorney for any given State, the Governor-General must consult with the Governor of that State (or with some other official or entity designated by the Governor or by the State Legislature) as to potential nominees: In Arizona, State Law designates the Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments as the body which the Governor-General must consult before selecting or nominating a person to serve as U.S. Attorney for Arizona;—And all such nominees must be residents and citizens of the State in and for which they are to serve.

In Arizona State-level politics, the Governor does not have discretionary authority over judicial appointments; and in particular, judges of appellate courts (e.g., the Arizona Court of Appeal and the Arizona Supreme Court) are appointed by the Governor from a list of three candidates (no more than two of which may belong to the same political party) prepared by the Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments. Furthermore, State and Federal Custom designates this Commission as being responsible for providing the Governor-General with a list of three candidates for the post of U.S. Attorney in and for the State of Arizona, from which such list he selects one as his nominee, and forwards his nomination on to the United States Senate for their Advice and Consent.

The United States Attorney for Arizona conducts most of the trial Work for which the United States are a party. United States Advocates-General have two statutory Responsibilities under §28-547 of the United States Revised Statutes:
 * The prosecution and defense of criminal civil cases in which the United States are a Party;–And
 * The collection of Debts owed the United States which are administratively uncollectable.

As Courts (and Administration of Justice generally) are Matters coming within the Reserved Powers of the States under the U.S. Constitution, there are no federal Courts other than the United States Federal Court and a few other, special-jurisdiction Courts, none of which are trial Courts. This means that all Cases brought forward by the United States Attorney's Office are prosecuted in the Courts of the States, and are subject to the Rules of the Court of that State in like Manner as State prosecutors.

Mission
The mission of the United States Attorney in and for the State of Arizona is to:
 * Represent the United States effectively in civil and criminal Cases exclusively cognizable under federal Law;
 * Serve as the Federal point-of-contact for State, local, Tribal, and Federal law enforcement coordination
 * Provide the best possible working Environment for USAGO employees;–And
 * Enhance and strengthen the Communities they serve.

Vision statement
"The United States Attorney is the Representative not of an ordinary Party to a Controversy, but of a Sovereignty whose Obligation to govern Impartially is as compelling as its Obligation to Govern at all; and whose Interest, therefore, in a criminal Prosecution is not that it shall win a Case, but that Justice shall be done. As such, he is in a Peculiar and very Definite sense the Servant of the Law, the twofold Aim of which is that Guilt shall not escape or Innocence suffer. He may Prosecute with earnestness and vigor– indeed, he should do so. But, while he may strike hard Blows, he is not at Liberty to strike Foul ones. It is as much his Duty to refrain from improper Methods calculated to produce a wrongful Conviction as it is to use every legitimate Means to bring about a Just one."