James Tierney (attorney)

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James E. Tierney (born April 12, 1947) is an American lawyer, lecturer in law at Harvard Law School, and founding director of State AG, an educational resource on the office of state attorney general. He served as Attorney General of Maine from 1980 until 1990. At 25, Tierney was elected to the Maine House of Representatives as a Democrat from Lisbon, Maine. After eight years in the Maine Legislature, where he was elected Majority Leader at the age of 29, Tierney became the Maine Attorney General. He served in that capacity for ten years during which time he was active on a wide variety of state and national issues. In 1986, Tierney ran for Governor of Maine. He won a crowded Democratic primary, and advanced to the general election against Republican nominee John R. McKernan Jr.. Tierney lost by over 40,000 votes in a four-way race featuring two independents receiving over 15% of the vote each. After leaving office of Attorney General in 1990, he began a career as a consultant to attorneys...

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