Justice Nominee to Supervise Environment Challenged Major Rules

The nominee for a top Justice Department job who would oversee environmental law enforcement formerly fought environmental regulations as a leading U.S. Chamber of Commerce attorney.

Rachel Brand, a national security specialist whose career also includes work in the federal government, is up for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to become associate attorney general, the No. 3 position in the Justice Department. Her work would include managing the Environment and Natural Resources Division.

As the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center’s chief counsel for regulatory litigation from 2011 to 2014, Brand led challenges to the legality of environmental regulations, including ...