Natalie O. Ludaway was appointed Chief Deputy Attorney General by Attorney General Karl Racine on February 23, 2015. In that role, she is responsible for managing the daily operations the 10 legal divisions of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) as the agency works to promote the public interest, protect the District’s most vulnerable residents, reform juvenile justice, protect consumers, and preserve affordable housing. Ms. Ludaway’s daily work includes: overseeing and coordinating OAG’s representation of the District in defensive and affirmative litigation; directing OAG’s consumer work; overseeing OAG’s prosecutorial jurisdiction over all juvenile offenses and adult misdemeanors; directing OAG’s legislative affairs; overseeing OAG’s work in offering legal advice to the Executive Branch and other District agencies and officials; and oversight of OAG’s work to provide child support services. For nearly 20 years prior to joining OAG, Ms. Ludaway served as Managing Member of the law firm then known as Leftwich & Ludaway. Before becoming Managing Member, she served as a partner and associate with the firm.  A longtime civic leader in the District of Columbia, Ms. Ludaway has served for a decade as a member of the District’s Judicial Nomination Commission, which screens and recommends candidates for appointment as judges on the DC Superior Court and the DC Court of Appeals. She also served two terms on the DC Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions; is a former Chair of the DC Chamber of Commerce; and is a member and former officer of the Greater Washington Area Chapter of the National Bar Association’s Women Lawyers Division.  Ms. Ludaway also serves as the Co-Chair of the Women’s Advisory Board of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital.