[6] Dinkins returned to Vinson & Elkins after her various stints in government,[2] and served as chair of the firm's environmental group[2] until her retirement.
[7] One of Dinkins's signature accomplishments as a private environmental was the resolution of two major cases in two courts over 3,000 miles apart on the same day, in October 2007.
While serving as AAG, President Reagan appointed Dinkins to chair his Task Force on Legal Equity for Women.
[8] After ending her tenure as AAG and returning to private practice, President Reagan appointed Dinkins as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, the number two position in the Justice Department.
[10] In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Dinkins to chair the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.