Elizabeth E. Howard, Partner

Elizabeth E. Howard is a partner at Dunn Carney, where her practice focuses on water law, environmental and natural resources law, and agricultural law.  She represents her clients in transactions, in court, in negotiations with administrative agencies, and in administrative proceedings at the state and federal level.

Prior to obtaining a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, Elizabeth graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from Oregon State University.

Elizabeth was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 2001, and to the North Dakota Bar in 2002.  She is admitted to practice in the federal U.S. District Court of Oregon, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. 
 
She also serves as a board member of the Western Resources Legal Clinic, is chair of the Agriculture Section of the Oregon State Bar, speaks at community and agriculture organizational meetings, and helps other legal professionals learn about important natural resource issues through continuing legal education seminars.  She is also involved in the Oregon Women in Agriculture, the Multnomah County Bar, and is a leader in her local church.

Bar Admissions:

• Oregon, 2001
• North Dakota, 2002
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon
• U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit

Education:

• Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2001
• Oregon State University, B.S., Agriculture and Resource Economics; Minor, General Agriculture, 1998

Publications and Presentations:

 
Presenter, Water Law: The Fort Vannoy Court Case and Other Current Issues, Dunn Carney Ag Summit, Oct. 2008
Presenter, Society of Office and Industrial Realtors (SIOR) meeting on environmental topics including the Portland Harbor, 2007, 2008
Presenter, Annual Meeting of Grant County Farm Bureau. Link to article in Blue Mountain Eagle
Panelist, Wolves in Oregon CLE, Oregon State Bar Agriculture and Environmental/Natural Resources Section, September 2005
Presenter, Wolves in Oregon, Silverton Rotary Club, February 2005
Presenter, Water Law Basics in Oregon CLE, February 2003 and 2004
Author, How Can You Protect Your Dairy from Legal Exposure in the Employee Termination Process? Oregon Dairy Farmers Association Newsletter, Spring 2003
Presenter, Due Diligence on Wetlands and Environmental Contamination, Willamette Valley Commercial Realtors Association, November 2002 and Prudential Realtors, Salem Office, Spring 2002
Author, Protecting Your Property & Livestock, Beef Producer, Spring 2002
Author, Management of National Grasslands, North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 78, No.3, Spring 2002
Co-author, The Impact of Comprehensive Land Use Regulation on Small and Emerging Businesses; Small and Emerging Business Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Oregon State Bar, Chair-Elect of the Agriculture Law Section and Member of Environmental and Natural Resources Section and Real Estate and Land Use Section
• Multnomah Bar Association
• North Dakota Bar Association