Workshop Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Lois
J. Schiffer
Lois Schiffer is the Assistant Attorney
General in the Environment and Natural Resources Division
at the U.S. Department of Justice. As the Assistant
Attorney General, she manages the Division with
responsibility for litigation on behalf of all federal
agencies related to pollution, natural resources,
wildlife and certain Indian issues. She has experience in
environmental law through her previous work in private
practice at Nussbaum & Wald in Washington and at the
Department of Justice from l978-l984 as Chief of the
General Litigation Section and as Special Litigation
Counsel in the Lands Division. She has also worked as
General Counsel at National Public Radio (l984-l989), and
as an attorney at the Center for Law and Social Policy, a
public interest law firm (l974-78). She has been an
adjunct professor of environmental law at Georgetown
University Law Center since 1986. Ms. Schiffer was
formerly on the boards of a number of non-profit
organizations, including the D.C. Bar. She is a graduate
of Radcliffe College (1966) and of Harvard Law School
(1969).
PRESENTORS
Robert
Brauneis
Robert Brauneis is an Associate Professor
of Law at George Washington University Law School, where
he teaches Property, Land Use Law, and Real Estate
Transactions, among other subjects. He has written a
number of articles on takings law. Professor Brauneis is
also a member of the Advisory Board of the State and
Local Legal Center, and his work for the Center includes
the principal authorship of the amicus brief for the
National League of Cities, et al. in Suitum v. Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency. After graduating magna
cum laude from Harvard Law School, Professor
Brauneis clerked for Judge (now Justice) Stephen G.
Breyer, served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the
Real Estate and Land Use Division of the City of Chicago
Law Department, and clerked for Justice David H. Souter.
Timothy J.
Dowling
Tim Dowling is Community Rights Counsel's
Chief Counsel. Before joining CRC, Mr. Dowling served in
the Policy, Legislation and Special Litigation Section of
the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the
U.S. Department of Justice. At DOJ, he advised the
Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General, and
other senior Department officials on a variety of
environmental issues, with an emphasis on takings issues.
He helped draft briefs for the United States in critical
Supreme Court takings cases, including City of
Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes, Phillips v.
Washington Legal Foundation, and Dolan v. Tigard.
He also served as lead counsel in several important
federal appellate and state supreme court takings cases
where the United States appeared as a friend of the court
in support of state governments. Prior to his public
service, he worked at the Washington, D.C. law firm of
Hogan & Hartson. Mr. Dowling received his law degree
from Georgetown University Law Center and his
undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame.
Douglas T.
Kendall
Doug Kendall is Community Rights
Counsel's founder and Executive Director. He also serves
as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia
Graduate Planning Program, where he teaches a course on
legal issues in land use. Before forming CRC, Mr. Kendall
worked as a litigator in the constitutional practice area
at Crowell & Moring, a 200-lawyer Washington D.C.
firm, where his practice included representing local
governments in constitutional cases. His writings on
takings and land use law have appeared in numerous
publications, including the Virginia Law Review, the
Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, the Virginia
Environmental Law Journal, and the Boston College
Environmental Affairs Law Journal. His commentary has
appeared in dozens of newspapers. Mr. Kendall received
his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of
Virginia.
S. Peter
Manning
Peter Manning is an Assistant Attorney
General with the Natural Resources Division of the
Michigan Department of Attorney General. As litigator and
legal counselor for the Michigan Departments of
Environmental Quality and Natural Resources, Mr. Manning
is experienced in many areas of environmental law, with
special expertise in takings, wetlands, and environmental
remediation. He authored the Department's Takings
Assessment Guidelines, and he is currently defending
three multi-million dollar takings cases. Prior to
joining the Department of Attorney General, Mr. Manning
worked as an associate with the Lansing, Michigan law
firm of Moran, Bladen and Winckler and as a congressional
aide to Congressman Dennis Hertel. He received his B.A.
from Michigan State University and law degree from the
University of Michigan Law School.
Ann D.
Navaro
Ann Navaro is a Trial Attorney in the
General Litigation Section of the Environment and Natural
Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Her
practice includes the defense of inverse condemnation
actions brought in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, oil
and gas royalty litigation, and other litigation
involving various public land issues. In the inverse
condemnation context, Ms. Navaro has litigated a variety
of cases seeking compensation based on wetland
protections and other government actions under Section
404 of the federal Clean Water Act. Ms. Navaro attended
Wellesley College and the University of Cincinnati
College of Law.
Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin is the Rhode Island
Attorney General's Environmental Advocate. His position
was created by the legislature in 1979 with the mission
of initiating pro-environmental litigation, lobbying and
education on behalf of the public in general. Mr. Rubin
has held this position since 1989, has been with the
Rhode Island Attorney General since 1987 and has been an
attorney since 1980. He is a member of the Vermont,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island bars and received his
undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania
and his law degree from the Rutgers University Law
School-Camden.
Ely Ryder
Ely Ryder is a Senior Assistant City
Solicitor with the City of Cincinnati, Ohio. He has
worked with the Cincinnati City Planning Commission since
1978, advising the Commission, drafting its Codes, and
defending its actions before state and federal courts at
every level. He argued two noteworthy land use cases
before the Ohio Supreme Court, Karches v. Cincinnati
(1988) and Franchise Developers, Inc. v. Cincinnati
(1987). He was elected to the Board of Trustees of the
Cincinnati Retirement System in 1997 and has a new
appreciation for those who serve in elective office. Mr.
Ryder obtained his undergraduate degree from Miami
University and his law degree from the University of
Cincinnati.
Henry W.
Underhill, Jr.
Henry Underhill is the Executive Director
and General Counsel of the International Municipal
Lawyers Association (IMLA), a national, non-profit
organization that serves as an advocate and legal
resource for over 1,500 local government attorneys from
around the country. He previously served for twenty-seven
years as the City Attorney for Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mr. Underhill is a graduate of the University of North
Carolina School of Law.
Mark I.
Wallach
Mark Wallach is a member of the
Cleveland, Ohio law firm of Calfee, Halter & Griswold
LLP. His practice focuses on business and commercial
litigation, corporate and securities law, public law
litigation, environmental law, and alternative dispute
resolution . He has handled public contract and zoning
issues involving state and local governments, as well as
litigation relating to local, state and federal
environmental litigation. From 1979-81, Mr. Wallach was
Chief Trial Counsel for the City of Cleveland. From
1974-75, he served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Frank J.
Battisti, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio.
He received his law degree from Harvard University and
his B.A. from Wesleyan University.
Blake Watson
Blake Watson is a professor at the
University of Dayton School of Law, where he teaches
Property, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, and
Natural Resources Law. Prior to joining the law school,
he worked for ten years as an appellate lawyer in the
Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S.
Department of Justice. Prior to that, he clerked for
Judge Bailey Brown, United States Court of Appeals for
the Sixth Circuit. Professor Watson is a graduate of
Vanderbilt University and Duke University School of Law. |
