Steve Freudenthal | |
Office1: | Chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party |
Term Start1: | 1999 |
Term End1: | 2001 |
State House2: | Wyoming |
District2: | Laramie County |
Term Start2: | 1987 |
Term End2: | 1991 |
Predecessor2: | Ellen Crowley-Suyematsu |
Successor2: | Edith Garcia |
Office3: | 28th Attorney General of Wyoming |
Governor3: | Ed Herschler |
Term Start3: | 1981 |
Term End3: | 1983 |
Predecessor3: | John D. Troughton |
Successor3: | Arch McClintock |
Birth Date: | 8 June 1949 |
Birth Place: | Thermopolis, Wyoming |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Trinity College (B.A.) Vanderbilt University (J.D.) |
Steven F. Freudenthal (born June 8, 1949) is a Democratic politician who served as the 28th Attorney General of Wyoming from 1981 until 1983.[1]
After graduating from Vanderbilt University, Freudenthal served as an Assistant Attorney General for Wyoming from 1975 until 1977.[2] In 1981, Governor Ed Herschler tapped Freudenthal, who had once been his law partner, to succeed John Troughton as Attorney General of Wyoming.[3] Freudenthal served as Attorney General until 1983.
In 1986, Freudenthal was elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives to represent Laramie County.[4] He served two terms before retiring in 1991. In 1999, Freudenthal was chosen by Wyoming Democrats to serve as the state chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party.[2] Freudenthal served until 2001.
Freudenthal is currently of counsel at Pence and MacMillan in Cheyenne.[2] He is also a partner with Freudenthal and Bonds P.C. in Cheyenne.
Freudenthal is the older brother of former Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal.[5]