Featured Member: Mary-Thomas Hart

Employer:National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Center for Public Policy Education and Work Experience: 2014, Berry College (B.S. Political Science) 2017, Samford University (J.D., Master of Science in Environmental Management) August 2017-Present, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association How did you get interested/involved in agriculture law? As the sixth generation of a North Florida farm family, I grew up surrounded […]

2020 Cancellation Policy

Cancel through September 8 (Tuesday after Labor Day) for a full refund less a $50 administrative fee Cancel September 9 through November 4 (the Monday before the week of the Symposium, and the last day for Online Registration) for a 50% refund Cancellation after November 4 is not refundable NOTE: At any time, registrations may […]

Webinar: Agricultural Law Update

David Grahn “David P. Grahn is the Associate General Counsel for the Farm Credit Administration. In this role, David is responsible for providing legal advice to the Board of Directors and the staff of the Farm Credit Administration on a wide variety of subjects concerning the Administration responsibilities to regulate the Farm Credit System Institutions. From […]

Featured Member: Jess Phelps

Employer: The Lyme Timber Company LP Education and Work Experience: Drake Law School J.D.; Iowa State University, B.S. How did you get interested/involved in agriculture law? My family farms in southwest Iowa and I grew up really interested in property law and land use issues related to farming operations (more specifically, historic preservation and land […]

Featured Member: Paul Goeringer

Employer:  University of Maryland Education and Work Experience: University of Arkansas, M.S. Agricultural Economics, LL.M. Agricultural Law; University of Oklahoma, J.D., Oklahoma State University, B.S. Agricultural Economics 2012 – Current, Extension Legal Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland 2008 – 2012, Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of […]

2019 AALA Symposium Agenda, Session Descriptions and Hand Outs

AALA will host its 40th Annual Agricultural Law Educational Symposium on November 6-9, 2019 in Washington D.C.  2019 AALA Conference Agenda  2019 AALA Session Descriptions Please see below for each session materials.  Materials for Thursday, November 7, 2019 10:00 am-11:00 am     Welcome with USDA Update Speaker: Stephen Censky; United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture […]

October 2019 AALA Webinar

This webinar includes Jessica Horwitz, an international trade, customs and regulatory lawyer at Bennett Jones LLP in Toronto, Canada; Veronica Nigh, the International Trade and Resource Issue Economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation; and Megan Provost, Vice President of Policy and Programs at the Farm Foundation. Check out the three speaker synopses below to find […]

Featured Member: Jim Bradbury

Employer: Partner, James Bradbury, PLLC Austin*Forth Worth Education and Work Experience: 1988 Graduate of Texas A&M University, BS in Agricultural Economics 1991 Graduate cum laude Juris Doctorate University of Idaho School of Law Visiting Student, Southern Methodist University School of Law Jones Day, Dallas Texas 1991-1994 Barrett & Deacon Law Firm Jonesboro, Arkansas 1994-2000 Jackson […]