For Baltimore County, the Office of Law provides legal support, including research, review, opinions, and representation on matters pertaining to County government. Heading the Office, the County Attorney serves as legal advisor to the County Council, the County Executive, the County Administrative Officer, and all offices, departments, boards, commissions, and other administrative services agencies of the County, as well as the County's Board of Education and the Community Colleges (County Charter, Art. V, secs. 507-511). The County Attorney also handles all civil litigation involving the County, its officers, or employees.
The Office of Law provides staff support to the Ethics Commission (County Code, Art. 3, sec. 3-3-1003).
The State's Attorney prosecutes and defends, on the part of the State, all criminal cases in Baltimore County in which the State may be interested (Code Criminal Procedure Article, secs. 15-101 through 15-109, 15-404).