J. B. Van Hollen
American lawyer
John Byron Van Hollen (born February 19, 1966) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from Wisconsin. He served as the 43rd attorney general of Wisconsin, from 2007 to 2015. Earlier, he was appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin from 2002 to 2005, and served as district attorney of Ashland County, Wisconsin, and Bayfield County, Wisconsin, in the 1990s.
His father is John C. Van Hollen, a realtor who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1960s.
Background
The Van Hollen family lived near Chetek, Wisconsin, and later moved to Delta, Wisconsin. He graduated from St. Olaf College in 1988 with an undergraduate degree in political science and economics. He earned his J.D. degree two years later from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
In 1993, Governor Tommy Thompson appointed incumbent Ashland County District Attorney Robert E. Eaton a circuit court judge, and in turn appointed Van Hollen to succeed Eaton as the District Attorney in Ashland County. He was subsequently called to service again when Governor Thompson appointed him to serve as Bayfield County District Attorney.
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