Attorney General Kamala D. Harris stepped down Tuesday as California’s attorney general and was sworn in to the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. Before resigning, Harris named Kenealy as chief deputy attorney general. Kenealy will lead the California Department of Justice as acting attorney general until such time as Governor Brown’s selected candidate, Congressmember Xavier Becerra (D-LA), is confirmed by the state legislature as the next attorney general.
Kenealy joined the Office of the Attorney General in August 2003 as a deputy attorney general in the Natural Resources Law Section.
[aesop_image imgwidth=”250px” img=”http://www.signaltribunenewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Kamala-Harris-for-p.-5.jpg” credit=”File photo” align=”right” lightbox=”on” caption=”Kamala D. Harris” captionposition=”right” revealfx=”off”] She became the section’s senior assistant attorney general in September 2010.
For more than five years, Kenealy has served as the chief assistant attorney general for the Civil Law Division. In that capacity, she has led the office’s representation of state officials, state employees and more than 200 state agencies. The Civil Division provides advice to its client agencies, defends cases brought against them and prosecutes cases to vindicate state interests.
Kenealy has also partnered with the Division of Administrative Services to create eDiscovery support for the office, assisted with the establishment of the Bureau of Children’s Justice and worked closely in support of the Attorney General’s Honors DAG program.
Source: CA Attorney General’s office
