Jonathan Skrmetti

Jonathan Skrmetti (born 1977) is an American attorney and public official. He currently serves as the 28th Attorney General and Reporter for the state of Tennessee.

Jonathan Skrmetti
28th Attorney General of Tennessee
Assumed office
September 1, 2022
GovernorBill Lee
Preceded byHerbert Slatery
Personal details
Born1977 (age 45–46)
New London, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationGeorge Washington University (BA)
Hertford College, Oxford (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Education

Skrmetti earned degrees from George Washington University and Hertford College, Oxford. While earning his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.

Career

Skrmetti previously clerked for Judge Steven Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As an adjunct professor, he taught cyberlaw at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law. 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. Skrmetti was also a partner at Butler Snow LLP in Memphis.

Skrmetti served as Chief Counsel to Governor Bill Lee from 2021 to 2022. He also served as Chief Deputy Attorney General to Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III from 2018 to 2021.[1]

Attorney General 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.[2] 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.[3]

Personal life

He is married and has four children, and resides in Franklin, Tennessee.

References
  1. "Skrmetti Takes Over Tennessee Attorney General Office". US News. September 1, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  2. Timms, Mariah (August 10, 2022). "Tennessee Supreme Court taps Gov. Lee adviser Jonathan Skrmetti for attorney general seat". The Tennessean. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. "Supreme Court". Tennessee Courts. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
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