[8][9] Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Racine and his family fled the François Duvalier regime and emigrated to Washington, D.C.,[10] when he was three years old.

[12] Racine then went to the University of Virginia School of Law, where he worked at a pro bono clinic representing migrant farm workers.

[4] After graduating from law school in 1989, Racine joined Venable LLP but left in 1992 to become a staff attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

[4][6] He then returned to private practice at Cacheris & Treanor, where he handled large white-collar and civil cases,[4] and later served as associate White House counsel in the Clinton administration.

[15][16] From 2011 to 2012, Racine represented D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr., who pleaded guilty after a protracted investigation to diverting $300,000 in grants earmarked for charity and youth baseball groups to pay for personal luxury items.

As Attorney General, Racine has established four priorities for the DC Office of the Attorney General: data-driven juvenile justice reform, protecting consumers from abusive tactics by unscrupulous businesses, preserving affordable housing and protecting tenants in communities across the District, and advancing democracy and safeguarding public integrity.

A diversion program that helps these young people get and stay on the right track has achieved a success rate of nearly 80 percent.

The settlement also required DoorDash to pay $1.5 million to drivers who had made deliveries in the District while the tipping policy had been in place and to give $250,000 to local charities.

[9] Known for his work on antitrust matters,[7] in 2021 he was considered for a position on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by President Joe Biden.