Pending confirmation (and actually becoming President...) Obama has chosen Eric Holder as the next Attorney General.

From Wikipedia;

Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. (born January 21, 1951) is a former Deputy Attorney General of the United States and a senior legal advisor to Barack Obama, the former U.S. Senator from Illinois and President-elect of the United States, and his campaign for the presidency. Along with Caroline Kennedy and Jim Johnson, he served on Obama's vice presidential selection committee. On November 18, 2008, Michael Isikoff of Newsweek reported that Holder has been asked to serve as United States Attorney General by President-elect Obama, and has accepted the offer, pending a formal vetting process.

New Yorker, parents from Barabados, Columbia Law. Smart, competent, and from what has been written about him so far-- tough and fair.