Arkansas' solicitor general resigns his post to join Walmart

2015 Handout photo of Lee Rudofsky
2015 Handout photo of Lee Rudofsky

LITTLE ROCK — A top attorney for Arkansas who has represented the state in lawsuits over abortion restrictions, efforts to resume executions and other cases is leaving for a job with Walmart later this month.

The attorney general's office said Wednesday that state Solicitor General Lee Rudofsky is leaving July 20 to join Walmart's anticorruption compliance team in northwest Arkansas. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said that Nicholas Bronni, currently the deputy solicitor general, will replace Rudofsky.

Rutledge announced the creation of the solicitor general position in 2015 to assist with multi-state consumer protection cases and appeals cases at the state and federal level and hired Rudofsky for the position.

Bronni has been with the attorney general's office since April 2016. Bronni's annual salary will be $140,000, the same as Rudofsky's.

Read Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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