Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290
Blunt Appoints Davolt as Polk County Prosecuting Attorney
JEFFERSON CITY–Gov. Matt Blunt appointed Paul A. Davolt (R) as Polk County Prosecuting Attorney.
Davolt, 40 of Bolivar, is an assistant public defender for the Missouri State Public Defender System. Davolt previously served as an associate attorney at Malkmus Law Firm, LLC. Davolt holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Missouri State University and a juris doctorate from Oklahoma City University.
“Paul Davolt’s experience as a public defender provides him with an invaluable perspective that will benefit the county when he assumes his duties as prosecuting attorney,” Blunt said. “I am pleased he has agreed to serve the citizens of Polk County in this capacity.”
Davolt will fill the vacancy created by the appointment of John C. Porter as Associate Circuit Judge of the 30th Judicial Circuit.
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