Kurt Alme Explained

Kurt Alme
Office:Director of the Montana Governor's Office of Budget and Program Planning
Governor:Greg Gianforte
Term Start:January 2021
Term End:October 1, 2021
Successor:Ryan Osmundson
Office1:United States Attorney for the District of Montana
President1:Donald Trump
Term Start1:September 21, 2017
Term End1:December 2, 2020
Predecessor1:Michael W. Cotter
Successor1:Jesse Laslovich
Birth Place: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

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kato. Dillon. Kurt Alme confirmed as next U.S. Attorney for Montana . September 19, 2017. The Missoulian. September 14, 2017.
  2. News: Drake . Phil . U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme resigns, named budget director for Gianforte . December 1, 2020 . Great Falls Tribune . November 23, 2020.
  3. Web site: Gazette opinion: Alme great choice for U.S. attorney. 2021-10-06. Billings Gazette. September 19, 2017 . en.
  4. Web site: January 12, 2015. Former United States Attorney Kurt Alme. 2021-10-06. www.justice.gov. en.
  5. News: President Donald J. Trump Announces Second Wave of United States Attorney Candidate Nominations. September 19, 2017. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. June 29, 2017.