2025
Stephen J. Cox was appointed by Governor Mike Dunleavy as the next Attorney General of Alaska in August 2025, when former AG Treg Taylor resigned to run for governor. AG Cox most recently served as senior vice president, chief legal and strategy officer at Bristol Bay Industrial, an investment platform of Bristol Bay Native Corporation. AG Cox has also held several high-profile federal roles. In 2020, he was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, serving as the chief...
Stephen J. Cox was appointed by Governor Mike Dunleavy as the next Attorney General of Alaska in August 2025, when former AG Treg Taylor resigned to run for governor. AG Cox most recently served as senior vice president, chief legal and strategy officer at Bristol Bay Industrial, an investment platform of Bristol Bay Native Corporation. AG Cox has also held several high-profile federal roles. In 2020, he was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, serving as the chief federal law enforcement officer for a 43-county region. Before serving as a U.S. Attorney, AG Cox was deputy associate attorney general and chief of staff in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Associate Attorney General in Washington, D.C. Earlier in his career, AG Cox was a principal attorney for Apache Corporation’s Alaska operations.
State AGs are elected in 43 states and D.C. In Alaska, the governor appoints the AG.
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