The Attorney General of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
. The attorney general is the chief legal officer and legal adviser in the state. The office is elected, with a term of four years.
List of attorneys general
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A. C. Bishop 1896–1901
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M. A. Breeden 1901–1909
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A. R. Barnes 1909–1917
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Dan B. Shields 1917-1921
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Harvey H. Cluff 1921–1929
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George P. Parker 1929–1933
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Joseph Chez 1933–1941
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Grover A. Giles 1941–1949
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Clinton D. Vernon 1949–1953
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E. R. Callister 1953–1959
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Walter L. Budge 1959–1961
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A. Pratt Kessler 1961–1965
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Phil L. Hansen 1965–1969
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Vernon B. Romney 1969–1977
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Robert B. Hansen 1977–1981
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David L. Wilkinson 1981–1989
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Paul Van Dam
R. Paul Van Dam (born October 15, 1937) is an American politician and attorney from the state of Utah. He attended East High School and graduated in 1955. Paul and his wife Mary Bailey are fifth-generation Utahns. He served as Attorney General of ...
1989–1993
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Jan Graham 1993–2001
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Mark Shurtleff
Mark Leonard Shurtleff (born August 9, 1957) is an American attorney, former three-term Utah Attorney General, and founder of the Shurtleff Law Firm and the Shurtleff Group. He was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Troutma ...
2001–2013
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John Swallow 2013
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Sean Reyes 2014–
References
External links
Utah Attorney Generalofficial website
Utah Attorney Generalarticles at ''ABA Journal''
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FindLaw
Utah Codeat Law.Justia.com
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Utah"at
FindLaw
Utah State BarUtah Attorney General Sean Reyes profileat
National Association of Attorneys General
Press releasesat Utah Attorney General
{{Utah statewide elected officials