James E. Tierney

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James E. Tierney born in Brooklyn, New York on April 12, 1947. Tierney was elected as a democratic state representative at the age of 25.[1] After eight years in the Maine Legislature, where at the age of 29 he was elected Majority Leader[2], Tierney became the Attorney General of Maine. He served in that capacity for ten years during which time he was active on a wide variety of state and national issues. After leaving office in 1990, he began a career as a consultant to attorneys general. Long characterized by current attorneys general and the media as "America's 51st Attorney General," [3] Tierney is quoted widely on the operations of the office of state attorney general and is a regular commentator on Court TV.

Tierney may be best known as one of the key strategists in the state cases against the tobacco industry in reclaiming Medicaid payments paid out for tobacco-related disease.[4]

Tierney also has advised officials in Eastern Europe's emerging democracies, has supervised national elections in Bulgaria, Cameroon, Croatia and Albania, and was special counsel in the investigation of alleged corruption within the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Tierney is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law.

At the time of writing he is Director of the National State Attorneys General Program[1] at Columbia Law School where since 2000 he has also been a Lecturer in Law. Tierney teaches a course in multistate litigation and has written extensively on a wide range of topics, such as the often volatile relationship between state AGs and their governors.[5]. In 2006, Columbia students recognized him as the Public Interest Law Professor of the Year.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Anderson, Jenny (2002). The Maine Man. Institutional Investor. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
  2. ^ Past Leaders of the Maine House of Representatives. Maine House of Representatives (2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  3. ^ Schwartz, John (1998-11-17). Fighting Smoke With Fire in the Legal Fight Against Tobacco. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  4. ^ Helm, Hunt (1997-06-11). Strategist of Smoking Assault Calls Shots from Maine Farm. Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.,
  5. ^ Anderson, Jenny (2002). The Maine Man. Institutional Investor. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
  6. ^ Jim Tierney Awarded The Public Interest Professor of the Year Award. Columbia Law School (2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
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