DoW lawyer appointed to US Justice Dept. post

Bob Dreher, General Counsel of the litigious environmental lobbying group Defenders of Wildlife, has been appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General to oversee the Natural Resources and Wildlife and Marine Resources sections of the US Dept. of Justice. Dreher has also served as co-managing director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (now Earthjustice). DOJ press release. Hat tip to The Westerner.