Mark L. Shurtleff is serving his third term as Utah Attorney General. He served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as an Officer and Attorney, prosecuting hundreds of cases from 1985 to 1990. Shurtleff was a private practice trial lawyer in California from 1990 to 1993. He returned to Utah to serve as an Assistant Attorney General from 1993 to 1997. During that time, Shurtleff was appointed Section Chief for Civil Rights & Corrections and served as the lead attorney for public safety. From 1997 to 1998, he was a Deputy County Attorney for Salt Lake County. He also served as a Small Claims Judge Pro Tem in the Third District Court and a law enforcement and corrections instructor. He currently chairs the NAAG Internal Relations Committee and Civil Rights Committee. Since Mr. Shurtleff has taken office, the number of meth labs in the state has been decreased by two-thirds. General Shurtleff has been in the forefront of the movement to bring help to first responders made ill by exposure to meth labs. He is currently working with the Veterans Administration and the National Guard in Utah to ensure that armed personnel who have been exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afhganistan have the opportunity to participate in the detoxification program.
