T. J. Donovan
| T. J. Donovan | |
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TJ Donovan at Canadian Heritage Conference, UVM, March 20, 2017
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| 26th Attorney General of Vermont | |
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Assumed office January 5, 2017 |
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| Governor | Phil Scott |
| Preceded by | Bill Sorrell |
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| Born |
January 15, 1974 Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica McCloud |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Merrimack College (BA) Suffolk University (JD) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Thomas J. Donovan Jr., (T.J.) (born January 15, 1974) is an American attorney and politician. He is Vermont's State Attorney General, elected in 2016 with over 66 percent of the vote. He previously served for ten years as State's Attorney of Chittenden County, the most populous county in Vermont.
Donovan is known for starting the Rapid Intervention Community Court (RICC) in Chittenden County. This is an award winning criminal justice program made available to non-violent offenders whose crimes have been driven by addiction or mental illness. RICC solidified Donovan as one of the most progressive States Attorney's Vermont has had and he has carried those progressive values to the Attorney General's Office.
During his first month in office, Attorney General Donovan joined sixteen other states in an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief opposes President Trump's executive order banning on immigrants from certain Muslim countries. Donovan also joined Republican Governor Phil Scott in proposing legislation to require the governor’s approval before state and local police could conduct federal immigration enforcement work.
A member of the Democratic Party, Donovan challenged incumbent Vermont attorney general William Sorrell for the Democratic nomination to become the Vermont Attorney General in the elections of 2012. His campaign that year was centered on the prescription drug abuse epidemic throughout Vermont. In 2014, he ran for re-election as state's attorney of Chittenden County, choosing not to challenge Sorrell a second time.
Donovan was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1974. He is one of six children born to attorney Thomas J. Donovan (deceased) and Johannah Leddy Donovan, a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. He is the grandson of Bernard Joseph Leddy (March 18, 1910 – January 9, 1972) a United States federal judge. Donovan graduated from Burlington High School in 1992 and attended Merrimack College, graduating with a degree in political science in 1996. He graduated from Suffolk Law School in 2000. Donovan is married to Jessica McCloud. The couple has two children.
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