Schimel names executive staff

By: Associated Press//December 19, 2014//

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Brad Schimel (AP Photo/Andy Haas Schneider)

Madison (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General-elect Brad Schimel has named more members of his state Justice Department executive staff.

Schimel announced Friday that he has hired former federal prosecutor Paul Connell as senior attorney; state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection chief attorney David Meany as administrator of the DOJ’s Division of Legal Services; Wells Fargo spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz as communications director; and political strategist Mike Austin as government affairs director. Austin advised Schimel during his campaign.

Schimel says a number of current DOJ administrators will keep their jobs, including Management Services Administrator Bonnie Cyganek; Office of Crime Victim Services Director Jill Karofsky; Law Enforcement Services Administrator Brian O’Keefe; and Division of Criminal Investigation Administrator David Matthews.

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