David Dewald Email & Phone Number

David is the Deputy of the Water and Natural Resources Division of the Wyoming Attorney General's Office, which protects and defends the State's environmental quality, water, and natural resources. He supervises litigation brought at the direction of the Governor on an array of natural resource, energy, and environmental issues related to federal land, water, air, mineral, and other policies affecting the state’s sovereign interests. He also supervises the attorneys that represent various state agencies with water and natural resource nexuses, such as the State Engineer's Office, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Agriculture, the Game and Fish Department, and various professional licensing boards, among others.David’s litigation experience includes matters brought under the APA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, FLPMA, NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA, the National Forest Management Act, the Environmental Quality Act, and federal treaties. His experience includes appearances before every level of state and federal court, including merits experience before the Supreme Court of the United States in Herrera v. Wyoming. David received his Juris Doctor with High Distinction, Order of Coif, from the Nebraska College of Law, where he served as Articles Editor for the Nebraska Law Review. He began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable John M. Gerrard. He has practiced both in the public interest and in private practice, handling environmental matters of all types.