Current employer: Bennett Jones LLP Education and work experience: Bachelor of Science, Neuropsychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada LLB, University of Toronto Partner at Bennett Jones LLP for 26 years as a litigator and regulatory counsel AALA leadership roles: I am currently serving a one-year term on the board of AALA. I have participated in the […]

Marking the first anniversary of the SCOTUS Sackett decision, AALA member Damien Schiff, a senior attorney in the Pacific Legal Foundation’s separation-of-powers practice, discussed what it means. The segment aired on WDIV-TV 4 and its ClickOnDetroit.com website. Click here to watch.

Current employer: University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law Education and work experience: Education: University of Notre Dame, PhD; Georgetown University, JD; University of Nebraska, BA. Work Experience: judicial clerkships/internship; litigation associate at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Des Moines, IA; short stint at the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office. AALA leadership roles: Awards committee […]

AALA member Ray Starling of the North Carolina Chamber discussed issues important to rural voters and the potential effects of the GOP platform’s proposed tariffs on farm country during the July 12, 2024, Agri-Pulse Newsmakers. Click here to watch.

AALA member Brook Duer, staff attorney in the Center for Agricultural and Shale Law at Penn State University, told DTN the ruling in Corner Post Inc. v. Federal Reserve opens the door even wider for environmental groups and others to continue suing the EPA and other agencies by continuing to find new plaintiffs. The Supreme […]

AALA member Brianna Schroeder from Janzen Schroeder Ag Law explained Indiana’s grain indemnity program for Brownfield Ag News. The article covered a ruling earlier this year that reinforced the program’s benefit to that state’s farmers. Click here to read more.

AALA member Drew Kershen, the Earl Sneed Centennial Professor of Law Emeritus in the University of Oklahoma College of Law, received the Citizen’s Award for Exceptional Service from the U.S. Department of the Interior for his “contributions to public service in support of the Upper Washita and Upper Red River Basin Studies for the Bureau […]

Current employer: Counsel, Alston & Bird Education and work experience: Senior Advisor to Secretary Sonny Perdue, USDA; Policy Advisor at The White House; Director of Congressional Relations at American Farm Bureau Federation: University of Nebraska College of Law 2009 AALA leadership roles: Distance education committee How did you get interested or involved in agricultural law? […]

AALA member Todd Janzen with Janzen Ag Law summarized “who is a ‘foreign person’ in the eyes of USDA” for the Agri Marketing magazine. At the state and federal level, he explained, there are bills seeking to reduce or increase reporting obligations for foreign ownership of farmland, although the federal Agriculture Department has been requiring […]

AALA member Peggy Kirk Hall, director of Ohio State’s Agricultural and Resource Law Program, received the 2023–2024 Distinguished Extension Faculty Award from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. She provides research and outreach about legal issues affecting Ohio agriculture and has taught agribusiness law in the college for 25 years. Click here to […]