Jonathan Skrmetti (born 1977) is an American attorney and public official. He currently serves as the 28th

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and Reporter for the state of Tennessee.

Education

Skrmetti earned degrees from George Washington University and Hertford College, Oxford. While earning his Juris Doctor from

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, 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 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.

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. 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.

Personal life

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skrmetti, Jonathan 1977 births 21st-century American politicians Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford George Washington University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Living people Tennessee Attorneys General Tennessee Republicans University of Memphis faculty