The Consumer Protection Division enforces state antitrust and consumer protection laws, including the mini-Sherman Act, the state merger statute and the Unfair Trade Practices Act. The Division also implements the Attorney General’s authority to oversee charities and is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of the unauthorized practice of law, and tobacco enforcement. Housed within the Division are the Consumer Information and Mediation Service, which uses trained volunteers to mediate consumer complaints, and the Lemon Law Arbitration Program, which administers the state’s lemon law. A paralegal in the Division also handles collections work for multiple state agencies.
Christina Moylan, Division Chief
Christina Moylan joined the Office of Attorney General in 1994, representing the Department of Health and Human Services before moving over to the Consumer Protection Division in 2000 to focus on antitrust and charities enforcement, which she has been doing ever since. Christina became Chief of the Division in 2022.
Christina received her undergraduate degree in International Relations in 1986 from the University of Maine at Orono with highest distinction and from the University of Maine School of Law in 1990 with honors. After clerking with the Maine Superior Court, Christina was in private practice in the Augusta area for three years before joining the Office.