Vawter (Buck) Parker

Vawter (Buck) Parker

Overview

* Former Executive Director of Earthjustice


Vawter “Buck” Parker graduated from Stanford University in 1967 and from Harvard Law School in 1972. For eight years, he practiced law in Portland, Oregon, doing pro-bono work for conservation and environmental advocacy groups. Parker joined Earthjustice in the 1980s and has spent several decades with the organization, including ten years as its executive director and CEO. Parker describes Earthjustice as a nonprofit “law firm for the environment” that works through the courts to “safeguard public lands, national forests, parks, and wilderness areas; to reduce air and water pollution; to prevent toxic contamination; and to preserve endangered species and wildlife habitat.”

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