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Mark Shurtleff
Republican
2000 - 2008 Mark L. Shurtleff was re-elected as the Utah Attorney General in November 2004 with a strong 70% of the vote; and is now serving his second term. Since taking office, the number of meth labs has been decreased by two-thirds and he has talked to thousands of students and parents about the dangers of drugs. He has also toured the state to warn about the predators on the Internet. The AG's Office investigates and prosecutes child pornographers that use the Internet to abuse children and has a 100% conviction rate. Shurtleff set up Utah's AMBER Alert, helped pass the state’s Child Protection Registry and stopped the federal government from illegally taking control of millions of acres of public lands in Utah. Shurtleff was born and raised in Utah, graduating from Brighton High School, Brigham Young University and the University of Utah School of Law. He served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as an Officer and Attorney, prosecuting hundreds of cases from 1985 to 1990. Shurtleff was a private practice trial lawyer in California from 1990 to 1993. He returned to Utah to serve as an Assistant Attorney General from 1993 to 1997. During that time, Shurtleff was appointed Section Chief for Civil Rights & Corrections and served as the lead attorney for public safety. From 1997 to 1998, he was a Deputy County Attorney for Salt Lake County. He also served as a Small Claims Judge Pro Tem in the Third District Court and a law enforcement and corrections instructor. From 1998 to 2000, Shurtleff served as Salt Lake County Commissioner. Attorney General Shurtleff is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG), and has served several times on the Executive Committee for the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). He currently Chairs the NAAG Internal Relations Committee and Civil Rights Committee. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of the America-Israel Friendship League, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Association and the Washington Legal Foundation. Locally, he serves on the Boards of the Utah Prosecution Council, Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice, the Constitutional Defense Council, and Utah Citizens Against Pornography. Mentoring and volunteerism have been a major part of Shurtleff’s life. He has been a Boy Scout leader for 22 years and in March 2007 he was honored with scouting’s highest award for adults: the Silver Beaver. He is an anti-drug lecturer in our schools, an At-Risk Youth Mentor, and has coached youth basketball, soccer, volleyball and softball. He is currently the Honorary Chair of the Utah Mentor Network and has personally mentored two elementary school students. He has received numerous awards for protecting children including the 2004 "Champion of Children" Award, the 2005 Utah "Protector of Children" Award, the 2005 "Guardian of the Light" Award, the 2006 Internet Safety Person of the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs, and the 2006 "Humanitarian of the Year" Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice. In November 2006 he received the highest award given by Mexico to a non-Mexican, The Order of the Aztec Eagle, presented to him by President Vicente Fox. Most importantly, he and his wife, M’Liss, have been married 26 years and are the parents of five incredible children. |
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