JEFF MATEER
(Jeffrey Carl Mateer)
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Jeffrey Carl Mateer is an American lawyer who most recently served as the First Assistant Attorney General of Texas. In September 2017, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to become a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; however, the nomination was withdrawn in December 2017. Mateer previously served as general counsel of the First Liberty Institute, a religious liberty advocacy group headquartered in Plano. He is returning to the Institute, following his resignation from the Attorney General's Office.