J.B. Van Hollen

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J.B. Van Hollen (born 1966 in Chetek, Wisconsin) is the Attorney General of Wisconsin. He was elected to the office in November 2006 and took office on January 2, 2007, succeeding Democrat Peg Lautenschlager.

Van Hollen graduated from St. Olaf College in 1988 with an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Economics. He earned his law degree two years later from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

In 1993, Governor Tommy Thompson appointed Van Hollen District Attorney in Ashland County, where he served for six years. He was subsequently called to service again when Governor Thompson appointed him to serve as Bayfield County District Attorney. In August 2004 he crashed his plane while trying to land at the Waunakee airport. He did not know how to turn on the runway lights and overshot it and landed east in an open area before crashing into a homeowners fence.

Van Hollen won the Republican nomination for Attorney General in 2006 over then-Waukesha County District Attorney Paul Bucher. In the general election, Van Hollen narrowly defeated Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, who had previously bested Lautenschlager in the Democratic primary.

Freemasonry

J.B was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in 1985 and has been very active in Masonic activies since then. In 2007 he was elected the Grand Master of Masons in Wisconsin serving until June 2008. He was the second Wisconsinite to be both Attorney General and Grand Master simutaneously.

Contact Information

Wisconsin Department of Justice
P.O. Box 7857
Madison, WI 53707-7857
Fax: 608-267-2779

608-266-1221

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