Brandeis grads named to Kentucky Attorney General's transition team

Kentucky's Attorney General-elect Andy Beshear has named three Brandeis School of Law graduates to his transition team. They include:

• J. Michael Brown. Brown served as Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet since 2007. A former district court judge in Jefferson County, he was law director for the City of Louisville, an assistant commonwealth attorney, and served on the board of the Louisville Regional Airport Authority for 12 years, including six years as the board’s chair. Brown was elected the first African American president of the Louisville Bar Association, and chaired the Kentucky Bar Association’s Task Force on Minorities. He is a military veteran and current member of KBA's Ethics Committee. He received his J.D. from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1979.
• Tim Longmeyer. Longmeyer was a prosecutor for more than 14 years in Jefferson County. He has served as Division Chief of the Family Court Prosecutors as well as Legislative Liaison for the office in Frankfort. Beginning in 2008, Longmeyer served as Deputy Secretary and later Secretary of the state's Personnel Cabinet. In these roles, he served as Chair of the Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board, served on the Kentucky Retirement Systems Board, and presided over administration, payroll and benefits for employees throughout state government. He received his B.A. from the University of Kentucky and his J.D. from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1993.
• Michael Wright. Wright served in the Office of the Attorney General for over twenty years, serving as a prosecutor, branch manager, and litigation manager. He's prosecuted a variety of cases including capital murder, election fraud, white-collar crime, elder abuse, and Medicaid fraud cases. Wright served as a representative on the Child Fatality Task Force and was a contributor to the statutorily mandated Elder Abuse Prosecution Manual. Wright also served on the curriculum and national training committees of the National Association of Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Control Units. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Kentucky and his J.D. from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1976.