SABA-DC believes Karl Racine is immensely qualified for the D.C Attorney General position because of the depth and range of his legal, management and leadership experience. Mr. Racine’s legal experience as a public defender in the District of Columbia, litigator of white-collar and commercial cases at Cacheris & Treanor, associate general counsel in the Clinton White House, and the first African-American managing partner of Venable LLP will serve him well.  His over ten years of management and leadership experience as managing partner of Venableundefineda top 100 firmundefinedhas particularly equipped him well to run the D.C. Office of Attorney General, which will require overseeing 300 attorneys and managing a $100 million budget.  SABA-DC is also impressed by Mr. Racine’s commitment to pro bono work exhibited through the over 1,000 hours he has spent defending victims in death penalty cases, and by his continued commitment to fostering greater diversity in the legal profession.