Experience

Land Use

• Advises clients throughout Oregon on local development code provisions that apply to their properties. 
• Represents rural and urban developers in Oregon land use proceedings, including asserting and defending appeals.
• Works with solar and wind energy developers to develop mitigation strategies and to obtain siting permits from local governments and Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council. 

Environmental and Natural Resource Permitting

• Assists clients in obtaining and defending permits and other government approvals by providing legal and practical guidance from initial scoping to appeals. Specific experience in Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) permitting. 
• Manages complex permitting timelines.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors & Activities

• Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, Oregon State Bar
• Member, Real Estate and Land Use Section, Oregon State Bar
• Oregon Reporter, The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Water Law Newsletter
• Member, Women in Environment
• Member, Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE)
• Member, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law

Civic Activities:

• Attorney Mentor

Insights & Presentations

• “Three Rulings Issued on the Same Day Further Clarify Reclamation’s Obligations and Authority to Manage Water in the Klamath Basin,” The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Water Law Newsletter, Vol. 56, No. 3, 2023
• “Federal Supremacy Under the ESA Found for Releases of Water from Upper Klamath Lake,” The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Water Law Newsletter, Vol. 56, No. 2 (2023)
• “Oregon Court of Appeals Addresses Water-Related Administrative and Land Use Law Rules,” The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Water Law Newsletter, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2023 
• “Five Recent Opinions Highlight Procedural Barriers to Resolving Ongoing Disputes About Releases of Stored Water from Upper Klamath Lake,” The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Water Law Newsletter, Vol. 55, No. 3, 2022 
• “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Proposes Revisions to Eagle Permit Rules, Including General Permits for Qualifying Wind Energy Projects, Power Lines, and Disturbance and Nest Take,” Stoel Rives LLP legal alert, October 5, 2022

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