Featured Member: Todd Janzen

Employer: Janzen Agricultural Law LLC Education and Work Experience: Bethel College (Kansas) 1995 Indiana University School of Law 2002 Teacher, Anderson Community Schools 1996-2000 Attorney, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP 2002-2015 Attorney, Janzen Agricultural Law LLC 2015-current How did you get interested/involved in agriculture law? I grew up on a grain and livestock farm […]

AALA Member in the News: Jan Kahn

  Congratulations to our AALA member Jan Kahn, for being a recipient of the 2019 Top Dog Award!     For more information, go to http://www.fresnostate.edu/alumni/events/topdog/pastrecipients.html . For more information about Jan, go to http://kschanford.com/team/jan-l-kahn/.

2019 Student Competitions

Looking for an opportunity to travel, network, and win great prizes? Join us at the 40th Annual American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) Annual Symposium November 7-9, 2019 in Washington D.C. to hear nationally and internationally recognized experts speak on diverse topics related to agriculture, food, environment and natural resources law – and don’t miss our […]

Featured Member: Bill Chaney

  Employer: Gray Reed & McGraw LLP Education and Work Experience: J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (1977) B.A., Trinity University (1974) How did you get interested/involved in agriculture law? My interest in agricultural law was an outgrowth of work in the early to mid-2000s in spray drift claims for tomato and vegetable […]

AALA 2019 President’s Address

Greetings AALA Members! I hope you join my excitement as we announce the launch of the registration for the 2019 Annual AALA Educational Symposium and CLE – our 40th Anniversary Celebration! President-Elect Mike Traxinger and his Planning Committee team have been hard at work over the last 8 months, and the program is one that […]

AALA Announces New Executive Director

Scott Heidner names New Executive Director The American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) is excited to announce that it has recently selected Scott Heidner, of Braden Heidner Lowe, to serve as its next Executive Director. Mr. Heidner officially started on April 15, 2019. The Executive Director position was vacated last fall, after former Executive Director Maureen […]

AALA Congratulates Anne Hazlett on New White House Post

On Feb. 7, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Jim Carroll announced Anne Hazlett as the office’s senior adviser for rural affairs. Previously Anne has served as  Chief Counsel to the Majority on the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to lead the Rural Development agencies at […]