Lara Sutherlin, DLS Administrator

Attorney General Josh​ Kaul appointed Lara Sutherlin to serve as the Administrator for the Division of Legal Services in January of 2023.​

Lara has over 20 years of legal experience, 13 of which as an Assistant Attorney General with the Department of Justice in the area of consumer protection. In 2019, Lara was appointed by Governor Evers to be the Administrator of the Division of Trade and Consumer Protection at the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, where she served until 2022.

 Lara graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1999.