Bridget Hill | |
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38th Attorney General of Wyoming | |
Assumed office March 1, 2019 | |
Governor | Mark Gordon |
Preceded by | Peter K. Michael |
Personal details | |
Born | 1974 (age 49–50)[ citation needed ] Laramie,Wyoming,U.S.[ citation needed ] |
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Wyoming (BA,JD) |
Bridget Hill is an American attorney and politician from Wyoming. She is the attorney general of Wyoming.
Hill was raised on a ranch near Saratoga,Wyoming. [1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law. [2] [3]
Hill clerked for Justices Larry Lehman and Michael Golden of the Wyoming Supreme Court. [4]
In 2013,Governor Matt Mead appointed Hill the director of the Office of State Lands and Investments. [2]
In November 2018,Governor-elect Mark Gordon announced Hill as his nominee for attorney general,pending approval by the Wyoming Legislature,to succeed Peter K. Michael. [5] [6] She was sworn into office on March 1,2019. [7] [8] On January 29,2021,Hill announced that her office would not pursue criminal charges against Joseph Hubert Hart,a retired Catholic bishop accused of sexual abuse. [9]
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