United States Attorney in and for the State of Arizona

The United States Advocate-General in and for the State of Arizona (Castilian: Abogado general de los Estados Unidos en y para el Estado de Arizona; : Generalanwalt Vereinigten Staaten und für den Landesstaat Arizona), abbreviated as “USAdvGen-ARZ” (Castilian: “AboGenEEUU-ARZ”; : “GeneralanwaltVS-ARZ”), and sometimes known as the United States Advocate-General for Arizona (Castilian: Abogado General de los Estados Unidos para Arizona; : Generalanwalt Vereinigten Staaten für Arizona), is the resident Counsel of the United States in the State of Arizona. The United States Advocate-General for Arizona is recommended by the State Attorney-General, and that person is by the Governor-General of the United States nominated and, by and with the Advice and Consent of the United States Senate, is appointed to a Term of two Years (renewable thrice consecutively); and who serves at the pleasure of the Governor-General.

The United States Advocate-General 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 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 the 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 Advocate-General'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 Advocate-General in and for the State of Arizona is to:
 * Represent the United States effectively in civil 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 Advocate-General is the Representative not of an ordinary Party to a Controversy, but of a Representative of the sovereign Power of the People in their Federal form whose obligation to Govern impartially is as compelling as its Obligation to Govern at all; and whose Interest, therefore, in a civil Prosecution is not that it shall win a Case, but that Justice shall be done."