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Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 December 2010 02:48 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 1 December 2010 02:48
From Legal News Line:
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell on Tuesday announced his appointment of Fairbanks attorney John J. Burns to the state’s attorney general post.
Alaska is one of the few states in which the attorney general position is appointed by the governor and then confirmed by the state’s Legislature.
Burns, a partner in the law firm Borgeson & Burns, will succeed Attorney General Dan Sullivan, who was picked in October to become the commissioner of the state Department of Natural Resources effective Dec. 6, Parnell’s office said. Sullivan had served as the state’s top lawyer since June 2009.
“John Burns is an extraordinary attorney who is committed to Alaskans’ interests,” Parnell said in a statement.