Douglas Brian Keola Moylan[1] (born October 19, 1966) is a Guamanian politician and attorney. He was the ninth (youngest and first elected) and fifteenth (sixth elected) Attorney General of Guam, serving from 2003 to 2007 and since 2023, respectively.
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| 9th and 15th Attorney General of Guam | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2023 | |
| Governor | Lou Leon Guerrero |
| Preceded by | Leevin Camacho |
| In office January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Governor | Felix Perez Camacho |
| Preceded by | John Tatantino |
| Succeeded by | Alicia Limtiaco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Douglas Brian Keola Moylan October 19, 1966 Stockton, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Notre Dame (BA) Santa Clara University (JD) |
He was licensed in California in 1990 and has been in active practice since then. In 2002, Moylan was chosen as Guam's first elected Attorney General. He ran again successfully in the 2022 election. He defeated the incumbent, Leevin Camacho.
Biography
editHe was born on October 19, 1966, in Stockton, California, to his parents Richard and Jane Moylan and has four brothers Jeffrey, Scott, Brian and Steven. Moylan is the grandson of the late Scotty Moylan, a former businessman and Patriarch. His first cousins are former lieutenant governor Kaleo Moylan and Kamaka Moylan Alston a realtor. Moylan is an attorney licensed to practice law in California, Guam and Washington, D.C. He served as the Legislative Counsel to the 24th, 25th and 26th Guam Legislatures before becoming Guam's first elected Attorney General in January 2003, for a 4-year term. He also served several terms as a Guam Election Commission board member, appointed by Guam's Republican Party to hold 1 of 3 Republican slots.
While he was Attorney General, in 2003 the Government of Guam attempted to borrow over $350 million which Moylan considered a violation of the debt limitation provisions of the Guam Organic Act of 1950. The Supreme Court of Guam was asked to decide the issue by Governor Felix Perez Camacho. When the Guam Supreme Court's rejected Moylan's legal position, he appealed their decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals under the Ninth Circuit's discretionary review authority. The Ninth Circuit granted Moylan's writ of certiorari request. After oral argument, a change in federal law deprived the Ninth Circuit of jurisdiction. Moylan then filed a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear his appeal in 2006. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Supreme Court of Guam and ruled in Moylan's favor in 2007 in Limtiaco v. Camacho, after his term expired in December 2006.
Moylan ran unsuccessfully for senator in the Guam Legislature with the Republican party in 2008 and 2010 elections.
Moylan ran unsuccessfully for re-election as Guam's next Attorney General in the 2018 election. The other candidate was Leevin Camacho.
Education
editDouglas B. Moylan graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1988 with Bachelors in Business Administration & Sociology degrees. He earned his JD from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1991.