Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Stephen J. Cox to be Alaska’s next attorney general.

Cox is a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization, and has experience in the public and private sector.

During his first term, President Donald Trump appointed Cox in 2020 to be the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, after having served as a deputy associate attorney general in Trump’s Justice Department for about three years.

Most recently, Cox was a senior vice president for Bristol Bay Industrial, a subsidiary of Bristol Bay Native Corporation.

“From his service in the U.S. Department of Justice to his leadership on complex work here in Alaska, Stephen has demonstrated a wide breadth of experience and steadfast dedication to the rule of law,” Dunleavy said in a

See Full Page