Jonathan Skrmetti
Jonathan Skrmetti | |
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| 28th Attorney General of Tennessee | |
| Assumed office September 1, 2022 | |
| Governor | Bill Lee |
| Preceded by | Herbert Slatery |
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| Born | 1977 (age 45–46) New London, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | George Washington University (BA) Hertford College, Oxford (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Jonathan Skrmetti is an American attorney and public official. He currently serves as the 28th Attorney General and Reporter for the state of Tennessee. Skrmetti was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to serve an eight-year term on August 10, 2022, and was sworn in on September 1, 2022.[1] Tennessee is the only state in the country where the State Supreme Court appoints the attorney general as a non-partisan member of the Judicial Branch.[2]
Skrmetti previously served as Chief Counsel to Governor Bill Lee (2021-2022) and as the Chief Deputy Attorney General to Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III from 2018-2021.[3] Before working for the State of Tennessee, Skrmetti was a partner at Butler Snow LLP in Memphis, TN. Before entering private practice, Skrmetti served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and a federal prosecutor in Memphis. He was also an adjunct professor, teaching cyberlaw, at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law. Skrmetti also clerked for Judge Steven Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Personal
Skrmetti earned degrees from George Washington University and Hertford College, Oxford. While earning his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. He is married and has four children, and resides in Franklin, Tennessee.
References
- ^ Timms, Mariah (August 10, 2022). "Tennessee Supreme Court taps Gov. Lee adviser Jonathan Skrmetti for attorney general seat". The Tennessean. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Supreme Court". Tennessee Courts. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- ^ "Skrmetti Takes Over Tennessee Attorney General Office". US News. September 1, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
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