37 Facts About Brian Frosh

Brian E Frosh was born on October 8,1946 and is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of Maryland from 2015 to 2023.

Brian Frosh served five terms in the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 16 in Montgomery County.

Brian Frosh was elected to his second term as attorney general on November 6,2018.

On October 21,2021, Brian Frosh announced that he would not seek a third term in 2022.

Brian Frosh earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.

Brian Frosh joined the Maryland Bar in 1971 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1972.

Brian Frosh represented Montgomery County in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1987 to 1995.

Brian Frosh brought state funding into the district to build the Capital Crescent Trail, build sound barriers, and fund programs like those at the National Center for Children and Families, the Ivymount School, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre and Glen Echo Park.

Brian Frosh authored the Maryland Recycling Act, the ban on drilling for oil or gas in the Chesapeake Bay, the Maryland Brownfields Redevelopment Act, numerous energy conservation laws, Clean Cars legislation and other environmental initiatives.

In 2009, Brian Frosh proposed changing the laws on protective orders to better protect domestic abuse victims against gun violence, and in 2011, sought to provide temporary lodging for domestic violence victims.

Brian Frosh sponsored legislation increasing the guidelines that courts use to set child support payments.

Brian Frosh advocated the establishment of service standards and the imposition of penalties if electric utilities failed to provide reliable service.

In 2010, Brian Frosh called on the Public Service Commission to investigate Pepco, and in 2011 introduced legislation calling for regulations and stiff penalties.

Brian Frosh sponsored bills protecting the privacy of citizens' personal information in Motor Vehicle Administration files and authorizing Maryland's Attorney General to prosecute violators of Federal anti-telemarketing regulations.

Former Senator Brian Frosh has sponsored bills banning minimum price fixing and creating new tools to crack down on people who defraud the State's Medicaid program.

On October 9,2012, Brian Frosh announced that he had formed an exploratory committee for election to Attorney General.

On November 6,2018, Brian Frosh was elected for another term in office, having defeated Republican challenger Craig Wolf.

Brian Frosh campaigned on progressive policies including reduced bail for poor defendants and litigating against the Trump Administration.

Wolf attacked Brian Frosh for focusing on national issues instead of Maryland crime, particularly crime in Baltimore.

Brian Frosh said he had convicted hundreds of the most dangerous people in Maryland, including drug traffickers and gang members.

Brian Frosh said that he was defending affordable health care and protecting endangered species from offshore drilling.

Brian Frosh expanded the range of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Heroin Task Force.

Brian Frosh has argued against bail that defendants can't afford, which he believes could be unconstitutional.

Brian Frosh is leading a coalition of 12 state attorneys general opposing the federal government's plans to expand the scope of offshore drilling for oil and gas, including in waters off the coast of Maryland.

Brian Frosh joined other state attorneys general in an effort to block the Trump administration from suspending higher penalties on automobile manufacturers that fail to comply with federal fuel efficiency standards.

Brian Frosh is part of a multistate coalition challenging EPA's decision to roll back greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks.

Brian Frosh negotiated a $33.5 million settlement agreement with Volkswagen AG and its affiliates, Audi AG and Porsche AG.

Brian Frosh joined a Washington State lawsuit against President Donald Trump's immigration executive order.

Brian Frosh joined a coalition of high-tax states suing the Trump Administration over the 2017 tax reform law.

Brian Frosh has joined lawsuits against Trump over a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, the Emoluments Clause, greenhouse gasses, regulatory rollbacks, vehicle emissions standards, airplane noise, contraception coverage in health insurance, regulation of for-profit colleges, offshore drilling, Obamacare subsidies, what he described as Trump's "attempts to sabotage" Obamacare, air pollution, his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, and pesticide labelling.

The Maryland legislature appropriated $1 million for Brian Frosh to hire five additional attorneys to handle the anti-Trump lawsuits, but Maryland Governor Larry Hogan withheld the funds, saying that it wasn't a good use of the state's money.

In January 2019, a former Maryland Delegate filed a lawsuit against Governor Hogan and Brian Frosh relating to a violation of First Amendment rights.

Brian Frosh has consistently opposed Adnan Syed's petitions in the case of the killing of Hae Min Lee, which resulted in Syed's imprisonment.

In May 2018, Brian Frosh filed a petition with the Maryland Court of Appeals to deny Syed a new trial.

In October 2019, Brian Frosh authored a legal brief in opposition to Adnan Syed's petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.

In late 2018, according to HBO, Brian Frosh offered Syed a plea deal for his conviction that would have required him to admit guilt and serve an additional four years in prison.

In 2012, Brian Frosh was appointed by Maryland legislative leaders to chair a task force to study the impact of a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling regarding the liability of owners of pit bulls and landlords that rent to them.