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Senior DOJ Enforcement Attorney Josh Van Eaton Joins Beveridge & DiamondJosh Van Eaton, Senior Trial Attorney in the Environmental Enforcement Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), joined Beveridge & Diamond as a Principal in the firm's Washington, DC office* on December 17, 2018. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181217005104/en/ Josh offers firm clients strategic counsel on high-stakes litigation, civil and criminal enforcement, and compliance matters, informed by his years of experience as one of the nation's top government environmental and natural resource lawyers. In addition to his role at B&D, he will continue his military service in the U.S. Army Reserve, where he holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Highlights of Josh's career include:
"We are delighted that Josh will begin the next phase of his career with us," stated Russ LaMotte, the firm's Managing Principal. "Our clients will immediately benefit from his perspective in litigation, enforcement, and compliance." Josh was named Senior Trial Attorney in 2017, capping a distinguished ten-year career at the DOJ. He received the Samual J. Heyman Service to America Medal and was named Federal Employee of the Year in 2017 in recognition of his work as Lead Counsel in the Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" emissions matter. He also has received the Assistant Attorney General's Award for Excellence, the EPA Administrator's Award for Excellence, and numerous other DOJ commendations and awards. Josh's public service includes a distinguished and ongoing military career. Following his graduation from Baylor University School of Law in 2001, Josh served on active duty first as a criminal prosecutor and legal advisor in one of the army's largest criminal jurisdictions then subsequently as a litigation attorney in the Environmental Law Division of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. Josh currently serves in the Army Reserve as Associate General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel of the Defense Logistics Agency, where he also serves as Co-Chair of the Installation and Environmental Law Practice Group. He is also a former Senior Administrative Law Attorney in the Administrative Law Division of the Department of the Army and a former Associate Professor of Administrative and Civil Law at the Army Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia. His military awards include the Army Meritorious Service Medal awarded on multiple occasions as well as the Army Commendation Medal. *Josh is currently admitted to practice only in Washington state. He is practicing pursuant to D.C. App. Rule 49(c)(8) under the direct supervision of principals of the firm who are licensed to practice in Washington, DC. Beveridge & Diamond's more than 100 lawyers in eight U.S. offices focus on environmental and natural resource law, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, transactions, and project development. We help clients around the world resolve critical environmental and sustainability issues relating to their products, facilities, and operations. B&D holds Tier 1 ratings for environmental law and environmental litigation in Chambers USA Guide to the Legal Profession and Legal 500. The Firm was ranked by U.S. News-Best Lawyers as "Environmental Firm of the Year" in 2018 and 2019, as Law360's Environmental Practice Group of the Year in 2017 and 2018, and placed in the top 10 for diversity, firm culture, pro bono, and satisfaction among midsize firms in the 2018 Vault Best Midsize Firms survey. Learn more at www.bdlaw.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181217005104/en/ |