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Ms. Leonard joined the firm in 2003 as an associate in the Reno office. She works primarily in the fields of natural resource and water law, real estate law and general civil litigation. Before joining the firm, she clerked for the Honorable David W. Hagen in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Her knowledge of natural resources law issues is founded in a strong science background. After earning her degree in Zoology, Ms. Leonard worked as a fisheries biologist for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Juneau, Alaska. Seeking to apply her science experience in an educational setting, she taught middle and high school science for two years before deciding to pursue a law career. Professional Affiliations: Member: American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; Northern Nevada Women Lawyers Association; State Bar of Nevada; Washoe County Bar Association Author: Beyond Reserved Rights: Tribal Control over Groundwater Resources in a Cold Winters Climate, 28 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 326 (2003); Arizona Supreme Court Designates Reservations as Permanent Homelands and Adopts a Balancing Approach to Quantifying Reserved Rights, 29 Ecology Law Quarterly 449 (2002); and a case note on Pronsolino v. Marcus, 28 Ecology Law Quarterly 327 (2001). | 