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? […]

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 […]

Featured Member: Stephanie Bradley Fryer

Employer: Owner and Attorney at Stephanie Bradley Fryer PLLC and Associate Attorney at Rincker Law PLLC Education and Work Experience: B.S. Animal Science, Meat Science Certificate, Texas A&M University M.S. Agricultural Economics with an emphasis on Land Economics and Real Estate, Texas A&M University J.D. Texas A&M University County Executive Director, Floyd County Farm Service […]

Featured Member: Ashley Ellixson

Employer: United Dairymen of Arizona Education and Work Experience: After completing a B.S. in Business Finance at Arizona State University, Ashley attended Texas Tech University School of Law where she received a J.D. with a certificate of Science, Engineering, and Technology Law before moving on to receive an LL.M. in Agricultural and Food Law from […]

Featured Member: Kelcy Schaunaman

Employer:   In May, I graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law, and I am currently studying for the South Dakota Bar Exam.  In August, I plan to move to Washington, D.C., and pursue a career in agricultural law and policy Education and Work Experience: University of South Dakota School of Law, J.D. – […]

Featured Member: Joan Archer

Employer: Farmobile LLC Education and Work Experience: B.A., Gonzaga University (1982) M.A. Wayne State University (Detroit) (1984) J.D. University of Kansas (1992) Ph.D. University of Kansas (1993) After law school, I served as Law Clerk to Justice Fred N. Six of the Kansas Supreme Court.  I worked as a trial lawyer at several firms, focused […]