Sue Ellen Wooldridge
| Sue Ellen Wooldridge | |
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| Assistant United States Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources | |
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In office November 2005 – January 8, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Tom Sansonetti |
| Succeeded by | Ronald J. Tenpas |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sue Ellen Wooldridge February 15, 1961 Carpinteria, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | James Steven Griles |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Davis (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Sue Ellen Wooldridge (born February 15, 1961) is an American attorney and a former politically appointed U.S. government employee. She was formerly the United States Assistant Attorney General in charge of environment and natural resources, a division of the United States Department of Justice. As such, she was the U.S.'s top environmental prosecutor. She resigned from this post on January 8, 2007.
Wooldridge grew up on a farm in Artois, California. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science and history from the University of California, Davis (1983). She graduated with a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1987. She is admitted to practice law in the United States Supreme Court and in the state and federal courts of California.
She lived with J. Steven Griles, whom she began dating while he was one of her supervisors at the United States Department of the Interior.[2], and they were married in March, 2007, "three days after Griles pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his relationship with Jack Abramoff and a previous romantic partner."
Prior to her service with the Department of Justice, Wooldridge served as Solicitor for the United States Department of the Interior, that agency's highest ranking lawyer, after being appointed by President George W. Bush in a recess appointment.[3] Prior to her employment in that capacity, she served as Counselor to J. Steven Griles, Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; she also served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor for Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, serving in that position beginning on January 31, 2001.
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