AALA member Pat Dillon has guided numerous clients through business transition planning, estate planning, and bankruptcy. He was on the Legacy Leaders podcast to share why estate planning is important for farmers, the consequences of poor estate planning, success stories in estate planning, tools for successful estate planning, and the importance of maintaining assets and treating […]

AALA member Fran Miller, senior staff attorney and adjunct faculty with the Vermont Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, was quoted in Progressive Farmer’s “Land Legacy How-To”, which described how succession strategies for land vary in cost and goals. In part, she explained that gradual succession can help the exiting farmer maintain quality of life […]

AALA member Tyler Buswell, a shareholder at Kirton McConkie, is among Business Today’s top 10 most influential real-estate lawyers shaping Utah’s landscape. He stands out for assisting developers and investors with leasing and transactional matters and has garnered significant experience in land-use planning issues. Click here to read more.

AALA member Jeff Peterson has joined Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., as a shareholder in the Creditors’ Remedies practice. He brings more than 15 years of experience representing clients in the financial services industry and focuses his practice on commercial transactions, creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, and agricultural and food law. Click here to read.

Modern Counsel has featured AALA member Caitlin Klingenberg. Practicing law like an engineer, it said, she puts real value on abstract assets in her role as IP counsel at Vermeer Corporation. Click here to read.

AALA member Jennifer Williams Zwagerman, director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center, provided comments to several news outlets about the effect of the U.S. Supreme Courtʼs ruling on California Proposition 12 on Iowa pork producers. Click here to read more.

AALA member Chelsea Good with the Livestock Marketing Association was part of the May 12, 2023, Agri-Pulse Newsmakers. She discussed how the next few months in farm policy will affect farmers and ranchers throughout the country. Click here to listen.

AALA member Austin Vincent, Colorado Farm Bureau’s director of public policy and state affairs and general counsel, is the recipient of Texas Tech University’s Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 2023 Outstanding Young Alumni Award. It honors an outstanding young alumnus who has made significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments and career […]

AALA member Jesse Richardson Jr., a professor and the lead land-use attorney at the West Virginia University College of Law, will be a member of the Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Non-Federal Lands Permitting Task Force. The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced March 24, 2023, members of two new task forces […]

AALA member Joe Kakesh with Growth Energy was part of the March 24, 2023, Agri-Pulse Newsmakers. He offered his thoughts on pending Environmental Protection Agency action on a host of issues facing the biofuels sector. Click here to watch.