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Former Grand Island resident Jacob Alexander Tucker was recently sworn in as an assistant state’s attorney in Montgomery County, Maryland, after completing a fellowship with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office in the special victim’s division.
Tucker attended Grand Island Senior High School, graduating in 2017. He then attended Niagara University, where he graduated with a double major in History and political science with a minor in law and jurisprudence in 2021. While at Niagara, Tucker, was a Vincentian Scholar serving Community Missions and Neighborhood Legal Services.
He then attended law school in Washington, D.C., at the American University Washington College of Law. He graduated last May and was barred in Maryland in December.
His time living on the Island helped shape him. He worked at Tops Market and served as a Youth Ambassador for the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce. He earned his Eagle Scout in Troop 630 in 2013. During college, he worked at Saraceni Pools and Mount St. Mary’s Hospital.