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Lesley Thomson QC was the Solicitor General for Scotland from 2011 to 2016, one of the two law officers of the Scottish Government. She was appointed to the office on 19 May 2011, after the Scottish Parliament election, succeeding Frank Mulholland who was promoted to Lord Advocate.
Thomson has 25 years' experience as a prosecutor, including as district procurator fiscal for Selkirk, district procurator fiscal for Edinburgh, and interim area procurator fiscal for Lothian & Borders, and led on trial advocacy and deaths investigation within the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). She was appointed area procurator fiscal for Glasgow in May 2008. She is an acknowledged specialist in the prosecution of serious crime, including organised crime and financial crime, and an expert in the proceeds of crime legislation, having authored a textbook on criminal confiscation. In 2013 she became the first woman to be appointed to Scottish Rugby's board.
