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Jim Tierney (illustrator)
James Tierney may refer to: * James Tierney (attorney) (born 1947), legal scholar and former Maine attorney general * James Tierney (footballer) (1878–1959), Australian rules footballer * James Tierney Jr., member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives * Jim Tierney (footballer) (born 1940), Scottish footballer * Cotton Tierney (James Arthur Tierney, 1894–1953), American baseball player See also * {{hndis, Tierney, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tierney (attorney)
James E. Tierney (born April 12, 1947) is an American lawyer, lecturer in law at Harvard Law School, and founding director oState AG an educational resource on the office of state attorney general. He served as Attorney General of Maine from 1980 until 1990. At 25, Tierney was elected to the Maine House of Representatives as a Democrat from Lisbon, Maine. After eight years in the Maine Legislature, where he was elected Majority Leader at the age of 29, Tierney became the Maine Attorney General. He served in that capacity for ten years during which time he was active on a wide variety of state and national issues. In 1986 Tierney ran as the Democratic Nominee against John R. Mckernan in Maine's Gubernatorial Election. Tierney lost by over 40,000 votes. After leaving office of Attorney General in 1990, he began a career as a consultant to attorneys general. In December 1992 he was named as special attorney general to investigate misconduct allegations on the Pennsylvania Suprem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |