Autumn Hamit Patterson is the state’s new solicitor general, Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Wednesday.
Hamit Patterson previously worked in the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office as special assistant solicitor general for almost a year, according a press release from Griffin’s office.
She replaces Nicholas Bronni, whom Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court in December.
Hamit Patterson’s past legal experience also includes work as a senior attorney for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future, for a Dallas law firm and as a clerk for a U.S. appeals court judge and a Texas Supreme Court judge, the press release states.
Her law degree is from the Duke University School of Law, and she has a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Furman University.
“Her vast experience, legal insights, and commitment to the rule of law will serve Arkansans well and adds to an already stellar team we’ve built here at the Office of the Attorney General,” Griffin said in the press release. “The Solicitor General handles many of the most important cases argued by my office, so it is imperative that this position be filled by the very best of the best.”
The solicitor general’s office consists of five lawyers and a paralegal.
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