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Carol Dinkins | |
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| 20th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| In office May 23, 1984 [1] –April 1985 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Edward C. Schmults |
| Succeeded by | D. Lowell Jensen |
| 25th United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division | |
| In office 1981–1983 | |
| Preceded by | James W. Moorman |
| Succeeded by | F. Henry Habicht II |
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| Born | Carol Eggert Dinkins November 9,1945 Corpus Christi,Texas,U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin (BS) University of Houston (JD) |
Carol Eggert Dinkins (born November 9,1945) is an American attorney. [2] Under President Ronald Reagan,Dinkins served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Land and Natural Resources Division at the Department of Justice, [3] and later the 20th United States Deputy Attorney General. [3] Under President George W. Bush,Dinkins chaired the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. [4]
Dinkins was born on November 9,1945,in Corpus Christi,Texas. [3] She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelors of science in education in 1968. [3] Dinkins received her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1971. [3]
Out of law school,Dinkins worked at the Law Institute for two years before joining Vinson &Elkins as an associate in 1973. [5] She became a partner in 1979,becoming the first female partner at a major law firm in the state of Texas. [6] Dinkins returned to Vinson &Elkins after her various stints in government, [2] and served as chair of the firm's environmental group [2] until her retirement. [7] One of Dinkins's signature accomplishments as a private environmental was the resolution of two major cases in two courts over 3,000 miles apart on the same day,in October 2007. [2]
In 1981,Dinkins was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as the Assistant Attorney General of the Land and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice [3] (now known as the Environment and Natural Resources Division). While serving as AAG,President Reagan appointed Dinkins to chair his Task Force on Legal Equity for Women. [8] After ending her tenure as AAG and returning to private practice,President Reagan appointed Dinkins as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States,the number two position in the Justice Department. [9] This made Dinkins the highest-ranking woman in the Department of Justice at the time [3] and the first woman to ever serve in the role. [7] In 1997,Dinkins was appointed as a commissioner of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission,and was the only commissioner ever to have visited every state park in Texas. [10] In 2006,President George W. Bush appointed Dinkins to chair the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. [4] Dinkins returned to private practice in 2008.
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