The Tennessee Supreme Court today appointed Republican Herbert Slatery III as the state's next Attorney General. Tennessee is the only state where the Supreme Court appoints the Attorney General.
The Court appointed Slatery from a pool of eight candidates, including current Democratic AG Bob Cooper. Slatery has been Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Bill Haslam since 2011. Slatery previously was in private practice in the Knoxville firm of Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, P.C. for 30 years, and served as Chairman and Director of the Public Building Authority of Knox County and Knoxville. The selection of Tennessee's AG was a significant issue in the recent Tennessee Supreme Court retention elections, in which three Democratic justices all prevailed in races to retain their seats.
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