NAIFA-Tennessee Blog

Tennessee's Next Attorney General and Reporter

Written by NAIFA-Tennessee | 8/11/22 3:43 PM

The Tennessee Supreme Court has selected Jonathan Skrmetti
to serve as the state’s next Attorney General and Reporter.

From 2018 to late 2021, Skrmetti was the Chief Deputy Attorney General in the Attorney General’s Office, where he managed approximately 160 attorneys in 15 litigating divisions and served as a negotiator in the $26 billion multistate opioid settlement. Since December 2021, he has served as chief counsel to Governor Bill Lee.

The new AG starts September 1 and will serve for an eight-year term.

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