<P> A state 's attorney or state attorney is a lawyer representing the interests of the state in a legal proceeding , typically as a prosecutor . It is an official title in the United States , sometimes appointed but most commonly an elected official serving as the chief law enforcement officer of his or her county , circuit , or district . The offices of district attorney , commonwealth 's attorney , county attorney , county prosecutor , or prosecuting attorney are more frequently the case in the United States although South Carolina uses the term solicitor . Other countries also use or used the term state attorney , like the Boer republics of the Orange Free State ( 1854 -- 1902 ) and the South African Republic ( 1852 -- 1902 ) in South Africa . In these cases the position corresponded to that of the attorney general in the British judicial system . It is used within the Attorney - General 's Department of Sri Lanka . </P>
<P> A state 's attorney or state attorney is a lawyer representing the interests of the state in a legal proceeding , typically as a prosecutor . It is an official title in the United States , sometimes appointed but most commonly an elected official serving as the chief law enforcement officer of his or her county , circuit , or district . The offices of district attorney , commonwealth 's attorney , county attorney , county prosecutor , or prosecuting attorney are more frequently the case in the United States although South Carolina uses the term solicitor . Other countries also use or used the term state attorney , like the Boer republics of the Orange Free State ( 1854 -- 1902 ) and the South African Republic ( 1852 -- 1902 ) in South Africa . In these cases the position corresponded to that of the attorney general in the British judicial system . It is used within the Attorney - General 's Department of Sri Lanka . </P>
who acts as the state 's chief legal officer and counsel and represents the state in the courts
who acts as the state 's chief legal officer and counsel and represents the state in the courts
state attorney
state attorney