Current employer: OFW Law Education and work experience: University of Richmond (JD), Purdue University (MS – Agricultural Economics), Virginia Tech (BS – Animal and Poultry Science, Agricultural and Applied Economics) AALA leadership roles: I serve as co-chair of the awards committee and have previously served on the symposium planning committee. How did you get interested […]

AALA member Jonathan Coppess with the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at the University of Illinois discussed the political environment around a farm bill during the May 10, 2024, Agri-Pulse Newsmakers. Click here to watch. Click here for Jonathan’s follow-up opinion piece.

AALA member Paul Goeringer, a senior faculty specialist in the University of Maryland’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC), has been honored with the prestigious Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty. The accolade celebrates his exceptional service and outstanding contributions to the university community. Click here to read more.

AALA member Garrett Couts, an attorney at Brady & Hamilton LLP, contributed a lesson on the Corporate Transparency Act to the Progressive Cattle magazine. The act requires the disclosure of “beneficial ownership/beneficial owners” of business entities to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to combat money laundering. Click here to read more.

AALA member Tiffany Lashmet, associate professor with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, was quoted in DTN’s “Planting Season Stirs Up More Dust in Illinois: Are Farms Responsible If It Causes Highway Accidents?” The article was about negligence lawsuits. Click here to read more.

AALA member Travis Cushman, deputy general counsel for the American Farm Bureau Federation, was interviewed by Bloomberg Law for an article about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules that would have required companies to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions of their suppliers – among them, family farmers. Click here to read more.

AALA member Kristi Boswell, an ag policy lawyer with Alston & Bird, discussed the effects of politics on ag labor reform and the potential challenges that need to be overcome during the March 29, 2024, Agri-Pulse Newsmakers. Click here to watch.

AALA member Brook Duer, a staff attorney with the Center for Agricultural and Shale Law at Penn State University, provided comments to DTN about the pork sales ban in Massachusetts. Click here to read more.

AALA member Dan Lindstrom, a shareholder at Jacobsen Orr, was quoted in the Flatwater Free Press. The article discussed out-of-state investors who are buying up Nebraska land for the groundwater. Click here to read more.

AALA member Elizabeth Rumley, senior staff attorney at the National Agricultural Law Center, wrote a post for Southern Ag Today titled “Finding a Lawyer”. She offered five tips for farmers who are looking for attorneys who can represent their legal interests. One included a link to AALA’s public membership directory. Click here to read more.