AG-Elect Paxton Names Roy as First Assistant

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Ken Paxton celebrated with supporters after winning the Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general on May 27, 2014." class="lightbox"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150120153147im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/27/paxton_001_jpg_312x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Sen. Ken Paxton celebrated with supporters after winning the Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general on May 27, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150120153147/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/27/paxton_001_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Sen. Ken Paxton celebrated with supporters after winning the Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general on May 27, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Laura Buckman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Sen. Ken Paxton celebrated with supporters after winning the Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general on May 27, 2014.</div> </div> <p>Chip Roy, a longtime GOP adviser who most recently worked for U.S. Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150120153147/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a>, will serve as first assistant to Attorney General-elect <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150120153147/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/">Ken Paxton</a>, his campaign announced Tuesday.</p> <p>"We are building a highly qualified and dedicated team that will be ready to defend Texas and ensure we are protected from an overreaching federal government," Paxton said in a statement. Multiple sources <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150120153147/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/10/sources-roy-tops-ag-elect-paxtons-hiring-list/" target="_blank">told The Texas Tribune last week</a> that Roy was the front-runner for the post.</p> <p>As first assistant attorney general, Roy will act as the agency’s chief operating officer, managing lawyers and other employees in the agency’s daily affairs. The current first assistant, Daniel Hodge, is expected to follow Attorney General <a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150120153147/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/" data-tooltip="/directory/greg-abbott/quicklook/">Greg Abbott</a> to the governor’s office, though no official announcements have been made regarding Abbott’s staff. Hodge is currently overseeing Abbott's transition.</p> <p>Roy was most recently a senior adviser to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150120153147/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/" data-tooltip="/directory/ted-cruz/quicklook/">Cruz</a>, and had been Cruz’s chief of staff before that. He was the ghost writer behind Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150120153147/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/" data-tooltip="/directory/rick-perry/quicklook/">Rick Perry</a>'s book <i>Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington.</i></p> <p>Paxton also launched a transition website Tuesday and announced the rest of his advisory team. They include:</p> <ul> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Roger Alford – Law professor and associate dean, University of Notre Dame</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Ernest Angelo, Jr. – Former chairman, Texas Public Safety Commission; businessman; former mayor</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Jordan Berry – Campaign strategist</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Kevin Brannon – Chief campaign strategist</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Mano DeAyala – Partner, Buck Keenan, LLC</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Susanna Dokupil – Senior fellow at TPPF; former assistant solicitor general of Texas</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Anthony Holm – Counsel and senior communications adviser</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Dee Kelly – Founding partner, Kelly, Hart and Hallman</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Leonard Leo – Executive vice president, Federalist Society</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Matt Orwig – Partner, Jones Day; former United States attorney</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Paul Pressler – Retired judge, 14</span><span style="line-height: 1.35;">th</span><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> Texas Court of Appeals; former state representative</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Steve Roddy – Paxton's chief of staff</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">John Ratcliffe – U.S. Congressman-Elect; former United States attorney</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Oliver “Buck” Revell – Revell Group International; former associate deputy director of the FBI; former chairman, Greater Dallas Crime Commission</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Kelly Shackelford – President and CEO, Liberty Institute</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Julie Springer — Partner, Weibart, Springer, Hayes</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Kent 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