密歇根州助理总检察长获全国领导力奖：入选州政府委员会40岁以下20人
位于密歇根州英厄姆县的州府兰辛传出人事荣誉消息。密歇根州总检察长达娜·内塞尔（Dana Nessel）11月6日宣布，助理总检察长基思·安德科夫勒（Keith Underkoffler）获选州政府委员会（CSG）「40岁以下20人」领导力奖。该奖授予全美20名表现杰出的民选与任命官员，表彰其卓越的领导能力以及服务本州或领地居民的投入；安德科夫勒与多名参议员、众议员、政策主管等州级领导人一同入选。
内塞尔说：「我们很幸运能有基思的才干与洞见为密歇根州人民工作，处理本州面临的一些最具影响力的环境案件。他的投入、领导力和上诉业务知识使他成为本部门的宝贵财富。这个奖项实至名归。」
安德科夫勒2022年加入总检察长办公室的环境、自然资源与农业处，此前曾担任多项重要书记官职务，包括在联邦肯塔基东区地方法院和联邦第八巡回上诉法院任职。
该部门环境、自然资源与农业处处长波莉·辛克（Polly Synk）在提名信中写道，安德科夫勒致力于把工作做到最好，并鼓舞他人「改进我们作为一个州所做的工作，以及本部门与各州、部落政府和环境领袖共同开展的工作，造福我们所有人」。密歇根州副总检察长（Solicitor General）安·谢尔曼（Ann Sherman）在提名信中写道，安德科夫勒「在研究、写作和战略方面的才华很快显现，并使他被指派参与我们最重要的环境案件之一」。
安德科夫勒曾在各级法院代表密歇根州处理环境纠纷，包括加入一个曾在美国最高法院出庭辩论的团队。他本科毕业于爱荷华州立大学哲学专业（优等、荣誉），并在阿尔伯塔大学取得哲学硕士、在乔治梅森大学法学院取得法律博士（优等），还是美国法律协会 CLE 奖学金与领导力奖得主。在担任助理总检察长之前，他还曾从事私人执业。
（来源：密歇根州总检察长办公室）
Michigan Assistant Attorney General Receives National '20 Under 40' Leadership Award
A state official in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, has received a national honor. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on November 6 that Assistant Attorney General Keith Underkoffler has been selected to receive the Council of State Governments (CSG) 20 Under 40 Leadership Award. The CSG Award is given to 20 of the country's outstanding elected and appointed officials who exemplify strong leadership skills and show commitment to serving the citizens of their state or territory. Underkoffler joins numerous senators, representatives, policy directors, and other important state leaders across the country.
"We are lucky to have Keith's skill and insight working for the people of the State of Michigan on some of the most consequential environmental cases facing our state," said Attorney General Nessel. "His commitment, leadership, and appellate knowledge make him a valuable asset to the Department. This award is incredibly well-deserved."
Underkoffler joined the Department of Attorney General's Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division in 2022 after holding several prestigious clerkships, including with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Polly Synk, the Department's Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division Chief, wrote in her nominating letter that Underkoffler is committed to doing the best work possible and empowering others "to improve the work we do as a State, as well as the work the Department of Attorney General engages in with other States, Tribal governments, and environmental leaders, for the benefit of us all." In her nominating letter, Michigan Solicitor General Ann Sherman wrote that Underkoffler's "research, writing, and strategic talents quickly became apparent and led to him being assigned, among other projects, to work on one of our most important environmental cases."
Underkoffler has represented the State of Michigan in environmental disputes at every level of the judiciary, including joining a team that advocated before the Supreme Court of the United States. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from Iowa State University (magna cum laude, with honors), an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Alberta, and a J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law (magna cum laude). He is a recipient of the American Law Institute's CLE Scholarship and Leadership Award. In addition to his legal clerkships, he also worked in private practice before being appointed as an Assistant Attorney General.
(Source: Michigan Attorney General's Office)
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