AG Griffin hires Autumn Hamit Patterson as new Solicitor General
by February 18, 2025 4:06 pm 330 views
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Tuesday (Feb. 18) that Autumn Hamit Patterson has been named the state’s new Solicitor General.
Patterson recently served as Assistant Solicitor General in the office of the Louisiana Attorney General.
Her prior experience includes work as a Senior Attorney at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future; as an Associate at the prestigious Jones Day law firm in Dallas; clerking for Judge Andrew Oldham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Justice Eva Guzman of the Texas Supreme Court; and as a Solicitor General Fellow and Assistant Attorney General at the Office of the Texas Attorney General.
“Autumn graduated magna cum laude from the Duke University School of Law and graduated summa cum laude from Furman University with a bachelor’s degree in history and political science,” said Griffin.
“I am thrilled that Arkansas is getting such an extraordinary talent as Autumn to be our next Solicitor General. Her vast experience, legal insights, and commitment to the rule of law will serve Arkansans well and adds to an already stellar team we’ve built here at the Office of the Attorney General,” he added. “The Solicitor General handles many of the most important cases argued by my office, so it is imperative that this position be filled by the very best of the best.”
The Office of Solicitor General is responsible for handling Arkansas’ appellate and high-profile national litigation. The office represents Arkansas in the United States Supreme Court and is responsible for constitutional, high-profile, and strategic litigation in the federal courts of appeal and the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The office also assists with strategic and critical litigation at the trial level and works with other solicitor general offices across the country to coordinate nationwide litigation and amicus strategy.
“I am very grateful to Attorney General Griffin for this exciting opportunity and for his leadership in promoting the rule of law. I look forward to working with him to serve the great state of Arkansas,” said Patterson.