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Of Counsel

Jeff serves as Of Counsel to PEER, where he specializes in civil service, scientific integrity, and whistleblower protection issues. Jeff was PEER’s Executive Director from 1997 to 2019 and its Pacific Director from 2019 to 2025. Previously, he was the Policy Director and a staff attorney at the Government Accountability Project, representing whistleblowers from both the public and private sectors. Before coming to DC, Jeff worked in California state government for 17 years, mostly in the State Legislature as counsel to various committees where he drafted hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to the rights of employed inventors. Jeff served stints as a deputy district attorney and an appellate court clerk. He is a graduate of the California Correctional Officers Academy.

PEERMail | Former DOJ Attorney Joins PEER

by PEER | June 11, 2025
PEER welcomes Joanna Citron Day, a former environmental enforcement attorney with 20+ years of experience at DOJ, EPA, and DOI, as its new General Counsel ...

COMMENTARY | Trump’s First Months in Office: PEER’s Response

PEER is working to protecting the integrity of the civil service and represent government employees under attack by the Trump administration ...

Over One Thousand National Park Sites Open for Mining

by PEER | May 15, 2025
Approval of Mojave Mine May Signal More Mineral Developments in Western Parks ...

New Interior Department Czar Abuses Authority

by PEER | May 5, 2025
Whistleblower Retaliation and Cybersecurity Violations Among First Acts ...

COMMENTARY | National Parks or Jurassic Parks? Conservation Trump Style

by Jeff Ruch | April 22, 2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggests that technology can replace the role of habitat and intact ecosystems in the survival of wildlife ...
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