Holland & Hart Attorney William Myers Named Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Trustee

BOISE (October 30, 2008) – The Idaho State Bar has appointed Holland & Hart Boise office attorney William Myers as Trustee to the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. The RMMLF is an educational organization dedicated to providing scholarly research of the law and issues affecting domestic and international natural resources. It is governed by a Board of Trustees with representatives from across the Mountain West.

Myers has extensive experience in natural resources and public land law. He has served as Vice Chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on Public Lands under the Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. His experience includes serving as Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Deputy General Counsel for Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy, and Assistant to the Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice. He also chaired the Federal Lands Task Force Working Group, chartered by the Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners to promote improved management of federal lands in Idaho. 

About the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation strives to foster and encourage a scholarly and yet practical study of the law and applicable regulations relating to oil and gas, mining, water, public land management, land use, conservation, environmental protection, and other related areas. The Foundation is a cooperative organization governed by a Board of Trustees which currently consists of representatives from 30 law schools, 13 bar associations, 20 mining and oil and gas associations, plus 25 trustees-at-large (selected from attorneys, landmen, law professors, and government representatives prominent in natural resources), past presidents, and honorary trustees.  For more information, visit www.rmmlf.org.