Hintze was involved in the state's opposition to plans to store high-level nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation and handled the state's effort to remove Warren Jeffs from a $200 million trust to protect homes and business assets of thousands of polygamists in southern Utah.
He also worked on a state lawsuit challenging the 2000 Census that went to the Supreme Court and was involved in the state's tobacco litigation.
"Ray has long been the unsung hero at the Utah Attorney General's Office," Attorney General Mark Shurtleff wrote in his nomination letter. "He has quietly handled some of our most difficult assignments with diplomacy and skill."
Hintze is retiring at the end of the year after 14 years in the Attorney General's office and 22 years in private practice.
