Attorney General-elect Jay Jones recently announced three senior members of his leadership team who will serve when he takes office in January.

Tillman Breckenridge has been selected as solicitor general, Travis Hill as chief deputy attorney general and Nicky Zamostny as chief of staff. 

“This is an exceptional group of public servants who bring integrity, experience, and a deep commitment to delivering results for Virginians,” Jones said. “They reflect the strength and diversity of the Commonwealth, and together, we will build an Attorney General’s office that stands up for every Virginian.” 

Breckenridge, a partner at Stris & Maher, will become the first African American to serve as Virginia’s solicitor general. An appellate attorney, he has argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, every federal court of appeals and several state appellate courts. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and serves on multiple legal advisory boards. Breckenridge earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and previously founded the Appellate & Supreme Court Clinic at William & Mary Law School. 

Hill most recently served as counsel with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Richmond. He previously spent nearly a decade leading the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, serving first as chief operating officer beginning in 2014 and later as chief executive officer from 2018 through 2023. Hill also served as deputy secretary of agriculture and forestry under two governors and worked earlier as an attorney with Williams Mullen. He earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Zamostny is the president of Riverside Strategies, a Richmond-based government affairs firm she founded in 2021. She previously served as deputy secretary of public safety and homeland security under Gov. Ralph Northam and as assistant secretary under Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Zamostny led the state task force formed after the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville and worked on bipartisan public safety and criminal justice reform initiatives. She holds degrees from Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Jones is scheduled to be sworn in as Virginia’s attorney general in January.