With Gov. Ron DeSantis describing him as a “bulldog," James Uthmeier was elevated Monday to become Florida attorney general after serving as the governor’s chief of staff.

New Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier promised to “endeavor every day to do what is right and to levy justice where it is due.” The governor's former chief of staff was sworn into his ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday named his former chief of staff, James Uthmeier as Florida’s attorney general, handing the state’s top law enforcement role to a trusted aide who has helped ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday officially named James Uthmeier, his former chief of staff, as the next Florida Attorney General.

TALLAHASSEE — With Gov. Ron DeSantis describing him as a “bulldog,” James Uthmeier was elevated Monday to become Florida attorney general after serving as the governor’s chief of staff ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday named his former chief of staff, James Uthmeier as Florida’s attorney general, handing the state’s top law enforcement role to a trusted aide who has helped ...

James Uthmeier is sworn in as Florida's new attorney general during a ceremony held in Tallahassee on Feb. 17, 2025.

James Uthmeier speaks at a meeting of the National Space Council Users' Advisory Group at NASA Headquarters in Washington in 2018. Uthmeier was sworn in as Florida's attorney general on Monday.