One of the Pacific Northwest's foremost water policy experts has written a new book detailing water law and water rights in Oregon.
Tonkon Torp attorney Janet Neuman is the author of Oregon Water Law: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Law of Water and Water Rights in Oregon. The book provides an overview of the state's water resources, a history of Oregon water rights law and a comprehensive discussion of the types of water rights in the state and how they are obtained, used, regulated and reallocated. It also discusses environmental issues, public rights to use bodies of water and court adjudications related to Oregon water use.
The book is designed as a reference for policy makers and a guide for lawyers practicing in such diverse areas as real estate, trusts and estates, tax, land use and environmental law. It is available through Portland State Bookstore's Odin Ink website.
Neuman is a former professor and Associate Dean of Faculty at Lewis & Clark Law School. She also co-directed the Natural Resources Law Institute. She is past president of the Oregon Water Trust and a former member of the State Board of Forestry. Neuman served on the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, appointed by President Clinton, which in 1998 released recommendations on the future role of the federal government in western water management. She currently serves on the board of The Freshwater Trust.
Neuman works with attorneys in Tonkon Torp's Water Law Practice Group who handle water rights transactions, water project development, permitting and litigation of water rights disputes for both government entities and private sector clients. A frequent speaker and writer on water law and policy, the Stanford Law School graduate was keynote speaker for the 2009 Oregon Water Law Conference.
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