Denise Smyler
Denise J. Smyler | |
|---|---|
| General Counsel of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 20, 2015 – August 2019 | |
| Governor | Tom Wolf |
| Preceded by | Jarad W. Handelman |
| Succeeded by | Gregory G. Schwab |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | New York University (B.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Denise J. Smyler is an American attorney and former General Counsel of Pennsylvania, who served on the executive staff of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf. She was previously a member of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority Board and an assistant district attorney.
The first female counsel to a Philadelphia police commissioner and the first female to serve as counsel to a Philadelphia prison commissioner, she was also the third woman and first African American to be appointed as Pennsylvania's general counsel.
In December 2019, she was appointed by Wolf to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.