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Posted by: Brittany Sims on Nov 19, 2014

Dwight E. Tarwater was appointed general counsel by Gov. Bill Haslam, the governor's office announced today. Tarwater replaces Herbert Slatery, who left the administration in October to become the state’s attorney general. Tarwater currently practices law in Knoxville in the law firm he helped begin in 1987, Paine, Tarwater and Bickers LLP. His first day in the governor’s office will be Dec. 8.