Kurt Alme
Kurt Alme | |
|---|---|
| United States Attorney for the District of Montana | |
| In office March 17, 2025[a] – March 4, 2026 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Jesse Laslovich |
| In office September 21, 2017 – December 2, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Michael W. Cotter |
| Succeeded by | Jesse Laslovich |
| Director of the Montana Governor's Office of Budget and Program Planning | |
| In office January 2021 – October 1, 2021 | |
| Governor | Greg Gianforte |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Osmundson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kurt G. Alme October 7, 1966 Great Falls, Montana, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | University of Colorado Boulder (BS) Harvard University (JD) |
Kurt G. Alme (born October 7, 1966) is an American attorney who served from March 2025 through March 2026 as the United States attorney for the District of Montana. He resigned in March 2026 in order to run in the 2026 United States Senate election in Montana as a Republican.[1]
He also served as the U.S. attorney from 2017 to 2020 during the first Trump administration.[2] After stepping down in December 2020, Alme became the budget director in Montana Governor Greg Gianforte's administration.[3]
Early life and education
Alme was born in Great Falls, Montana, on October 7, 1966.[4][5] After graduating from Custer County District High School in Miles City, Montana, he earned a Bachelor of Science academic degree in business from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[6]
Career
Alme served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Charles C. Lovell of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. He was a partner with the law firm of Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, PLLP. From 2003 to 2010, Alme served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana, and from 2006 to 2010 he was the first assistant United States attorney. He also served as director of the Montana Department of Revenue.[7]
On March 17, 2025, he was sworn in to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Montana.[8]
Alme has served as president and general counsel of the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation.[9]
On March 4, 2026, Alme filed paperwork to run for the Senate seat of retiring incumbent Steve Daines.[10]
Notes
- ^ Interim: March 17 – July 15, 2025
References
- ^ After Alme resigns to run for Senate, Tim Racicot now acting U.S. Attorney for Montana
- ^ Kato, Dillon (September 14, 2017). "Kurt Alme confirmed as next U.S. Attorney for Montana". The Missoulian. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ Drake, Phil (November 23, 2020). "U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme resigns, named budget director for Gianforte". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated. 2003. p. MG-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Gazette opinion: Alme great choice for U.S. attorney". Billings Gazette. September 19, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "Former United States Attorney Kurt Alme". www.justice.gov. January 12, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Second Wave of United States Attorney Candidate Nominations". whitehouse.gov. June 29, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017 – via National Archives. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Kurt Alme to serve as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana" (Press release). U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana. March 17, 2025. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
- ^ "Alme will serve as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana". KRTV NEWS Great Falls. March 17, 2025. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ^ "Montana's US Senate race: Daines out, Alme in". KRTV NEWS Great Falls. March 5, 2026. Retrieved March 5, 2026.