Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti

Jonathan Skrmetti has served as Tennessee’s Attorney General and Reporter since 2022. 

As Tennessee’s top lawyer, he leads an extraordinary team with a track record of fighting and winning for Tennessee all the way up to the Supreme Court of the United States.  He successfully defended the constitutionality of Tennessee’s ban on irreversible gender transition treatments for kids in the landmark case United States v. Skrmetti.  He has repeatedly stopped unconstitutional federal overreach, most notably by eliminating the Biden administration’s Title IX rule.  And he has successfully protected Tennessee consumers from some of the most powerful corporations in the world, including Blackrock, Google, and Purdue Pharma.

General Skrmetti has been particularly focused on protecting young Tennesseans from technology-related harms, highlighted by litigation against Meta Platforms and Roblox and an ongoing investigation of TikTok.  He also won a consequential victory against the NCAA to vindicate the rights of Tennessee student-athletes. 

Other, more locally-oriented consumer protection wins include a consumer-friendly settlement with Metropolis Parking and the appointment of a court-appointed receiver for Nashville’s Center for Reproductive Health.  General Skrmetti has also been a leading voice for holding LiveNation-Ticketmaster accountable, with Tennessee playing an ongoing role in the multistate litigation to do so.

General Skrmetti earned honors degrees from George Washington University, the University of Oxford, and Harvard Law School. He lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife and four children.