title: Paul Summers
text: # Paul Summers
  
  Paul G. Summers (born March 28, 1950) served as attorney general of the state of Tennessee, United States, from 1999 through September 2006. He previously served as a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals (1990–1999) and as a District Attorney.
  
  Summers declined to seek re-appointment when his term ended in 2006, and in October 2006 he joined the Nashville law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP.
  
  He had a long and distinguished career in the military, and was awarded the Legion of Merit and a Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters.
  
  ## Education
  
  * J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law, 1972
  * Bachelor's degree, Mississippi State University, 1968
  
  ## Personal
  
  Summers has one son, Paul I. Summers.
  
  