Winston & Strawn environmental partner Jonathan Brightbill, a veteran of the former Trump administration Justice Department, is spearheading the president-elect’s DOJ review team that’s started holding transition briefings, according to three people familiar with the process.
Brightbill, who was a top deputy at DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, is leading a group, which includes alums from Trump’s prior DOJ, that’s been meeting with career employees at the department this week. The agency review team is collecting information to help draft memos and actions for the department’s new political leaders arriving Jan. 20.
Joining Brightbill is Williams & Connolly partner ...
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