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Revision as of 21:24, 18 January 2023

Bessie Dewar
Attorney General of Massachusetts
Acting
In office
January 5, 2023 – January 18, 2023
GovernorMaura Healey
Preceded byMaura Healey
Succeeded byAndrea Campbell
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Pembroke College, Cambridge (MPhil)
Yale University (JD)

Elizabeth Napier Dewar is an American lawyer and government official serving as the state solicitor of Massachusetts since November 2016. Prior to serving as the state solicitor, she had served as the assistant state solicitor under former state solicitor Peter Sacks, who is now a judge on the Massachusetts Appeals Court.[1] She is set to serve as the interim attorney general of Massachusetts after Maura Healey is installed as Governor of Massachusetts at noon on January 5, 2023, taking the helm of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office from Kate R. Cook, for 13 days until AG-elect Andrea Campbell is sworn in on January 18, 2023.[2]

References

  1. ^ "AG Healey Appoints New State Solicitor". November 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "State solicitor in line to be acting AG". Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. December 13, 2022.
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Massachusetts
Acting

2023–present
Succeeded by