Featured Member: Tony Francois

Current employer: Briscoe Ivester & Bazel, LLP, San Francisco CA (partner)   Education and work experience: 1987, B.S. in Mathematics with honors, University of San Francisco 1996, J.D. with honors, University of California Hastings College of the Law 1999-2003 McQuaid Bedford & Van Zandt, San Francisco CA (associate attorney) 2003-2007 California Farm Bureau Federation, Sacramento […]

Featured Member: Michael Fielding

  Current employer: Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, MO.   Education and work experience: B.A. Degree Economics; University Honors with Thesis; Minor in Spanish; Brigham Young University, 1998 J.D. Degree, cum laude, Brigham Young University, 2001 Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, MO (2001 to present).  Licensed in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Utah and numerous federal courts. […]

Featured Member: Marisa Bocci

Current employer: K&L Gates LLP Education and work experience:  Graduate of Cardozo School of Law (2005); went to Hampshire College for my undergraduate, with a concentration in Anthropology & Media Studies AALA leadership roles: Past Member of the Education Symposium Committee; Co-Chair of the Strategic Alliance Committee How did you get interested/involved in agricultural law? […]

2021 Symposium Cancellation Policy

Cancel through September 7  (Tuesday after Labor Day) for a full refund less a $50 administrative fee Cancel September 8 through October 25 (the Monday before the week of the Symposium, and the last day for Online Registration) for a 50% refund Cancellation after October 25 is not refundable NOTE: At any time, registrations may be […]

The Biden Administration and Agricultural Trade

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Join us March 4 at Noon (CST) on Zoom Register here As the new Biden Administration takes shape, it will be faced with many challenges and opportunities connected to agricultural trade.  Who will be the key players in agricultural trade for the Biden Administration and what might the Administration’s policies look like?  How should the […]

Featured Member: Terence Centner

Current employer: Professor of Practice at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Education and work experience: B.S. with Distinction, Cornell University; J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo; LL.M., University of Arkansas. Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia. Also taught at the University of Mannheim Law School (Germany), University of Aberdeen Law School (Scotland), and the University […]

Featured Member: David Barrett

Current employer: Barrett, Easterday, Cunningham & Eselgroth LLP Education and work experience: B.S. in Agriculture, The Ohio State University Juris Doctor, The University of Toledo College of Law Served as national secretary and in-house counsel for more than 10 ½ years to National Grain and Feed Association, Washington, DC. I advised the NGFA on a […]

The 2020 Elections & Outlook for 2021 Agricultural Policy

Join us January 7 at Noon (CST) on Zoom Description: This webinar will focus on the outcomes of the November 2020 elections, the impacts those elections will have on the Administration, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, and how those changes might impact agricultural policy and priorities in 2021. Speakers: Phil Karsting, Senior Policy […]

2021 Annual Educational Symposium

Thursday, November 4, 2021 - Saturday, November 6, 2021

AALA will host its 42nd Annual Agricultural Law Educational Symposium on November 4-6, 2021, in Salt Lake City, Utah.   Additional details will be available soon.