The call this early before general conference is unusual but not uncommon. Dushku will be sustained at the October conference.

General Authority Seventies are able to serve throughout the world. Some may serve in area presidencies or in other administrative functions, such as serving as an executive director of a church department.

Dushku received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Brigham Young University in 1990 and a Juris Doctor degree from BYU Law School in 1993.

Dushku has worked as an attorney for Kirton McConkie since 1996. He specialized in First Amendment rights and religious organizations, litigation and appellate sections and is a former member of the firm’s board of directors.

According to his legal bio, he has been before the U.S. Supreme Court 28 times to argue in cases of constitutional and civil rights issues, including free speech, free press and more. He also “regularly presents around the country on issues related to the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses and on other legal issues facing religious organizations,” it states.

The new church leader’s prior ecclesiastical service includes being a full-time missionary in the Portugal Lisbon Mission, elders quorum president, bishopric counselor, high councilor, bishop and stake president.

He and his wife, Jennifer Burnham, have eight children.