1. John William Suthers was born on October 18,1951 and is an American attorney and politician who served as the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Attorney General of Colorado, US Attorney for Colorado, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, and Fourth Judicial District Attorney.
John Suthers's father died when Suthers was 15, and his mother died when he was 23.
John Suthers graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1977.
John Suthers attended college and law school on academic scholarships.
From 1977 to 1981, John Suthers served as a deputy and chief deputy district attorney in Colorado Springs.
John Suthers remained with the firm until 1989, at which time he defeated an incumbent to become the elected district attorney of the Fourth Judicial District.
In January 1999, John Suthers was appointed executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections by Governor Bill Owens.
John Suthers has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver School of Law and as a scholar in residence at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
John Suthers has held several bar association leadership positions, including president of the El Paso County Bar Association and senior vice president of the Colorado Bar Association.
John Suthers served as Colorado Commissioner on the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws from 1993 to 1997.
John Suthers was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate and assumed the position the week before the terrorist attacks of Sept 11,2001.
John Suthers served the remaining two years of Salazar's term before running for reelection in 2006.
In November 2006, John Suthers won election to the Attorney General's Office, defeating challenger Fern O'Brien by nine percent.
In both 2006 and 2010, John Suthers received the endorsement of virtually every major newspaper in Colorado.
John Suthers served on the executive committee of the National Association of Attorneys General from 2007 to 2013.
John Suthers chaired the NAAG Criminal Law Committee from 2005 to 2007 and was a member of the US Attorney General's Executive Working Group on Prosecution from 2005 to 2015.
In December 2008, Suthers personally argued before the US Supreme Court in the case of Kansas v Colorado.
In June 2012, John Suthers was awarded the Kelley-Wyman Award by the National Association of Attorneys General.
John Suthers had been a principal negotiator for the state attorneys general in the National Mortgage Settlement in which the nations five largest mortgage services agreed to pay $25 billion in compensation for loan servicing misconduct.
John Suthers was the second longest-serving attorney general in Colorado history.
John Suthers stated his priorities as restoring a collaborative relationship with City Council and other governmental entities in the Pikes Peak region, addressing the city's infrastructure issues, particularly roads and stormwater, and aggressively promoting new job creation.
In December 2015, John Suthers was awarded the Colorado Governor's Citizenship Medal, the highest award given to a citizen of Colorado, in recognition of his service as attorney general and for his work as Mayor, to put Colorado Springs on a "very positive trajectory".
In November 2016, John Suthers was named Colorado Technology Advocate of the Year for his efforts in establishing a National Cybersecurity Center in Colorado Springs and advancing the city's efforts to become a cybersecurity hub for the nation.
In May 2017, John Suthers was listed among others on a short list of candidates to replace James Comey as the FBI Director after a recommendation to the first Trump administration from Colorado Senator Cory Gardner.
John Suthers has authored six books, including No Higher Calling, No Greater Responsibility: A Prosecutor Makes His Case and Becoming a Good Ancestor.