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Tennessee attorney general outlines caseload, staffing and litigation priorities during Judiciary Committee budget hearing
Summary
Attorney General Jonathan Scrimetti told the Senate Judiciary Committee his office handles roughly 17,000 open matters, reorganized divisions to improve efficiency and is seeking new positions; committee voted to send the office's budget request to the finance committee.
Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter Jonathan Scrimetti told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 25 that his office has about 17,000 open matters handled by roughly 211 lawyers and 52 non‑attorney staff, and outlined recent reorganizations and major litigation as he sought committee consideration of his office's budget request.
Scrimetti said the office had a fiscal year 2024 budget of about $69,000,000, approximately 53.8% of which was state dollars, and that the office "brought in almost $350,000,000" in recoveries and other receipts during the year. He described a reorganization that created a general litigation division, an administrative law division and a torts division intended to align legal practice areas and improve efficiency.
The appearance was part of a scheduled budget hearing. "We have approximately 17,000 open matters…
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