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Full Name
Michelle Smith
First Name
Michelle
Last Name
Smith
Affiliation
Associate
Staff
Title
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Research Associate
Phone
503-764-4685
Office
70 NW Couch St., Ste. 242
Departments
Law
Programs, Research and Outreach
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center
Profile Section
Biography

Michelle graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts.  She received her JD from Lewis and Clark Law School in 2008.  After graduating from law school, Michelle clerked for Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Colorado Supreme Court.  She has practiced in both public and private settings and in a variety of practice areas, including Assistant Attorney General for the Oregon Department of Justice, Civil Enforcement Division and Trial Division,  Associate Attorney, in the Environmental and Natural Resources Group at Davis Wright Tremaine, and as Counsel to the Firm at Lane Powell. 

Additionally, she has performed pro bono projects for, or otherwise served, a number of non-profit entities including Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts, ACLU of Oregon, Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust, Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District and McKenzie River Trust. This position will allow Michelle to focus her work on how existing legal tools and policies can answer environmental problems, and how new policies, frameworks and partnerships can be implemented to support conservation goals. 

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Member for

5 years