Elected and Appointed Government Officials 2023

Raised in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Attorney General Fitch earned both a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Juris Doctorate at the University of Mississippi. At the age of 23, she began her legal career as a Special Assistant Attorney General at the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office. She continued her career in private practice as a bond lawyer, accumulating more than 35 years of legal experience both in private practice and public service.

Before becoming the State’s chief legal officer, Attorney General Fitch served as Mississippi’s elected State Treasurer for eight years. In January 2020, Fitch made history being sworn in as the first woman Attorney General for the state of Mississippi.

In 2021, Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Solicitor General Scott Stewart appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court to defend Mississippi’s law that protects unborn life at 15 weeks in the case of Dobbs v JWHO. Rather than simply defend Mississippi’s law, Fitch and Stewart successfully argued for the complete overturning of Roe v Wade.

Throughout the Dobbs case, Fitch leaned heavily on her experience as a single, working mom to make the compelling argument that we can both empower women and promote life. In 2022, TIME named General Fitch to its list of the 100 most influential people in the world and Worth Magazine named her to its Worthy 100 for her work protecting women and children. She was recognized as one of Mississippi’s Top 50 Most Influential in both 2017 and 2022.