Jonathan Skrmetti

Jonathan Skrmetti

Gov. Bill Lee has appointed Jonathan Skrmetti as his chief legal counsel, succeeding Lang Wiseman.

The Harvard law graduate was one of the 10 candidates currently under consideration for a vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court. As chief deputy attorney general since 2018, Skrmetti has worked on the state’s settlement negotiations with opioid companies. Previously, he worked at the U.S. Department of Justice, as an assistant federal prosecutor in Memphis and at Butler Snow.

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