A few questions and answers…
Q: What do you think sets you apart from the other candidates?
STARLING: “My legal experience and business experience. The combination of those two. I’ve had extensive experience with national law practice, litigating cases across the country. I’ve also had experience putting litigation teams together as the head of litigation, where we put teams together, defending 200 or 250 cases at any given time in multiple states across the country... I also have business experience having led business on a high level with a company that we brought from a startup-type feel to a much more mature business…”
Q: As Attorney General, what do you think is the most important part of that job?
STARLING: “One is the criminal justice side, and we need to make sure we harden our target from Chinese criminal influences that are taking over our rural farmland for illegal marijuana grow operations and fentanyl… Another part is civil lawsuits. If Oklahoma is ever sued or is suing, the Attorney General acts as the attorney for the state. The third part is to act as a general counsel for the various state agencies around the state. I’m the only candidate who has had experience in all three of those sectors before.”
Q: We’ve talked about the private sector, but just business in general. How does the AG make Oklahoma a more business-friendly state?
STARLING: “My vision for that is really around regulatory reform. The office of Attorney General does not directly do regulations, but what they can do is know how to streamline regulations and have specialists within the office of the Attorney General to use that general counsel hat, if you will. I’ve been a general counsel. I know how this works. So when you talk to the various agencies, using that influence as a general counsel to leverage the expertise that the Attorney General has in the process of reforming the regulations and help that be adopted by agencies across the state.”
Oklahoma City Meet-and-Greets
Jeff shared his plan for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office last week with voters at meet-and-greets in Oklahoma City, highlighting his plans to modernize the legal system, eliminate illegal marijuana grow houses, and root out public corruption.
