Trey Phillips has been appointed by Attorney General Buddy Caldwell as first assistant attorney general. Phillips replaces John Sinquefield, who retired in October. Sinquefield, a longtime prosecutor in the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s office, now is Caldwell’s senior counsel. Phillips worked as an assistant to former Attorneys General William J. Guste and Richard P. Ieyoub from 1991-93. From 1993-2002, he was among Caldwell’s assistant district attorneys in Tallulah. He worked for several years for the Tennessee Department of Safety, and rejoined the attorney general’s office under Caldwell in February 2008 as director of the public protection division. Sanettria Glasper Pleasant of Baton Rouge will replace Phillips as the director of public protection.
Phillips named first assistant AG
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