J B Van Hollen

J.B. Van Hollen, Wisconsin's 43rd Attorney General, was elected on November 7, 2006, and took office on January 1, 2007. After winning re-election by an overwhelming majority, he began his second, four-year term on January 1, 2011. Van Hollen graduated from St. Olaf College in 1988 with undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Economics. He earned his law degree two years later from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Van Hollen began his public service career as an Assistant State Public Defender in Spooner, Wisconsin. In 1991, he became a federal prosecutor, serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. Governor Tommy Thompson appointed Van Hollen as District Attorney in Ashland County, where he served for six years. He was subsequently appointed by Governor Thompson to serve as Bayfield County District Attorney. Van Hollen was later elected to the position, enjoying bipartisan support as Bayfield County's only elected Republican. Prior to becoming Attorney General, J.B. was appointed United States Attorney for Wisconsin's Western District in 2002 and served there until 2005. J.B., his wife Lynne, and their children, Byron and Madelyn, live in Waunakee. Van Hollen served as Grand Master of Wisconsin’s Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons, one of the most ambitious philanthropic organizations in the United States and has served on the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association Board of Directors, an association committed to the legacy of America’s Revolutionary War General and First President of the United States.