Kurt Alme
Kurt Alme | |
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| Director of the Montana Governor's Office of Budget and Program Planning | |
| In office January 2021 – October 1, 2021 | |
| Governor | Greg Gianforte |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Osmundson |
| United States Attorney for the District of Montana | |
| In office September 21, 2017 – December 2, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Michael W. Cotter |
| Succeeded by | Jesse Laslovich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Great Falls, Montana, U.S. |
| Education | University of Colorado Boulder (BS) Harvard University (JD) |
Kurt G. Alme is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Montana for three years from 2017 to 2020 during the administration of Republican 45th President Donald J. Trump.[1] After stepping down as U.S. Attorney after the November presidential election in December 2020, Alme became the budget director in the administration of Montana's Governor-elect Greg Gianforte.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Alme was born in Great Falls, Montana.[3] After graduating from Custer County District High School in Miles City, Montana, he earned a Bachelor of Science academic degree in business from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a law degree of Juris Doctor from the Harvard Law School of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts (across the Charles River from Boston).[4]
Career
[edit]Alme served as a judicial law clerk for Charles C. Lovell of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. He was a partner with the law firm of Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, PLLP. From 2003 to 2010, Alme served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana, and was the first assistant United States attorney from 2006 to 2010. He also served as director of the Montana Department of Revenue.[5]
Alme has served as president and general counsel of the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation.
References
[edit]- ^ Kato, Dillon (September 14, 2017). "Kurt Alme confirmed as next U.S. Attorney for Montana". The Missoulian. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ Drake, Phil (November 23, 2020). "U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme resigns, named budget director for Gianforte". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Gazette opinion: Alme great choice for U.S. attorney". Billings Gazette. September 19, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "Former United States Attorney Kurt Alme". www.justice.gov. January 12, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Second Wave of United States Attorney Candidate Nominations". whitehouse.gov. June 29, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017 – via National Archives.
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