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| name = Brent Webster
| name = Brent Webster
| office = [[Texas Attorney General]]
| office = [[Texas Attorney General]]
| status = Acting
| term_label = Acting
| termstart = May 27, 2023
| termstart = May 27, 2023
| predecessor = [[Ken Paxton]]
| predecessor = [[Ken Paxton]]

Revision as of 05:02, 28 May 2023

Brent Webster
Texas Attorney General
Incumbent
Acting
May 27, 2023
Preceded byKen Paxton
Personal details
Alma materSouthwestern University
University of Houston Law Center

Brent Webster is an American lawyer acting as the Texas attorney general since May 27, 2023. He was appointed first assistant attorney general in 2020.

Career

Webster earned a bachelor's degree at Southwestern University in 2003.[1] He completed a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Houston Law Center in 2005.[1]

Webster was a prosecutor in Texas for ten years. He served as the first assistant district attorney of Williamson County, Texas.[1] He later worked in private practice as a civil litigator and criminal defense lawyer.[1] He joined an Austin, Texas based start-up as the chief operations officer and general counsel.[1]

Following Jeff Mateer's resignation, Webster was appointed by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton as the first assistant attorney general in 2020.[1][2] In September 2022, judge John Youngblood dismissed a disciplinary case against him regarding attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.[3] Starting on May 27 2023, Webster began acting as the Texas Attorney General for the duration of Paxton's suspension.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ken Paxton's Leadership Team | Office of the Attorney General". www.texasattorneygeneral.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  2. ^ Johnson, Brad (2020-10-05). "Paxton Taps Brent Webster as New First Assistant Attorney General". The Texan. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  3. ^ Bleiberg, Jake (2022-09-20). "Judge dismisses disciplinary case against Texas AG's deputy". Associated Press. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  4. ^ McGaughy, Lauren; Morris, Allie (2023-05-28). "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's deputy steps up after impeachment vote, memo shows". Dallas News. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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