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Lawrence G. Wasden was elected Idaho’s 32nd Attorney General on November 5, 2002 with 58% of the vote. He took office on January 6, 2003.
Attorney General Wasden, a 15-year veteran of the Office of the Attorney General, served the people of Idaho as Chief of Staff to the Attorney General for six years. He also served for two years as Deputy Chief of Staff and for six years as a Deputy Attorney General representing the Idaho State Tax Commission.
Before his appointment as a Deputy Attorney General, he served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Canyon County, Idaho and as Prosecuting Attorney in Owyhee County, Idaho.
Attorney General Wasden is Chairman of the Environment Committee for the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG.) He also serves as Vice Chair for the Health Care Fraud, Abuse and Advocacy Committee and the Tobacco Committee. In June 2003, Mr. Wasden received one of two NAAG Presidential appointments to the Executive Committee.
Attorney General Wasden is one of two state attorneys general serving on the Legacy Foundations’ board of directors. The Legacy Foundation was created by the landmark national tobacco settlement for the purpose(s) of reducing youth tobacco smoking and preventing smoking-related disease in the United States.
Attorney General Wasden was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Conference of Western Attorneys General in July of 2003.
Attorney General Wasden obtained his J.D. from the University of Idaho and was admitted to the Idaho State Bar in 1985. He earned a Bachelor or Arts in political science from Brigham Young University in 1982.
Lawrence and Tracey Wasden have been married for 23 years. They live in Nampa, Idaho and are proud parents of four children.
Attorney General Wasden is a founding member, and past chairman, of the Government and Public Lawyers Section of the Idaho State Bar. He serves on the Boise State University Department of Criminal Justice Advisory Council and on the board of directors for the Treasure Valley Reading Foundation. | 