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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 1, 2022

Jonathan Skrmetti was sworn in as Tennessee’s 28th Attorney General at a private ceremony this morning. Skrmetti was appointed attorney general by the Tennessee Supreme Court last month. He will serve an eight-year term. Prior to his appointment, Attorney General Skrmetti served as Chief Counsel to Gov. Bill Lee and as Chief Deputy Attorney General. Prior to his time with the state, Skrmetti was a partner at Butler Snow LLP in Memphis and served as a federal prosecutor for almost a decade, first at the Civil Rights Division and then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Memphis. He also taught cyberlaw as an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis. Skrmetti earned his law degree from Harvard Law School and afterward clerked for Judge Steven Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

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