BY SARAH ROSS

SALEM- Attorney General John Kroger announced the appointments of two new staff members on Tuesday.

The two attorneys appointed were Paul Garrahan, hired as Special Counsel on environmental and natural resources, and Jennifer Gardiner, who will serve as a narcotics prosecutor.

Garrahan, a graduate of the Virginia School of Law, was hired following the resignation of Brent Foster.

He also served as a Senior Attorney at Metro, where he worked on Natural Areas Acquisition and Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods program.

He will advise Kroger and the state’s Deputy Attorney General on litigation, regulation, and legislation affecting the environment and natural resources.

Gardiner is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. She worked for former U.S. Representative Esteban Torres and spent six years with the Yamhill County Deputy District Attorney’s Office.

She will be working on the Drug Crimes Strike Force “to break up drug cartels and monitor gang activity throughout the state.”