Mary Anne Nash focuses her practice on environmental and natural resource law and general civil litigation. She advises clients on a broad range of natural resources issues ranging from federal Endangered Species Act issues to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance to water law. Mary Anne also works on environmental cleanup and compliance cases, and has experience working with CERCLA, Oregon’s hazardous waste laws, and Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA).
Mary Anne is a regular contributor the Dunn Carney’s Natural Resources Updates, a Dunn Carney publication that addresses agriculture and natural resources news and legal developments. Mary Anne is currently on the board of the Federal Bar Association and the Executive Committee of the Oregon State Bar Agriculture Law Section. She is also a member of the Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC) as well as the Oregon State Bar Environmental and Natural Resources Section and Energy, Telecom & Utility Law Section.
A native Oregonian, Mary Anne was raised on a cattle ranch in Central Oregon. In her spare time, Mary Anne likes to spend time with friends and family.
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 2010
- United States District Court, District of Oregon, 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2013
Education
- University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 2010
- Associate Editor of the Oregon Law Review
- Oregon State University, summa cum laude, B.S., Major in Environmental Economics, Policy, and Management and a minor in Natural Resources Law, 2006
Publications
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, Environmental Group Files Challenge to Gray Wolf Delisting in Wyoming, December 2012
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, Comment Period Closes Today for Proposed Rule to Consider Economic Impacts Under Endangered Species Act , October 2012
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, NWEA Challenges Oregon’s Temperature Standard & Willamette Basin Mercury TMDL, October 2012
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, Public Comment Period Currently Open on Gray Wolf Damage Management Environmental Assessment, August 2012
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, BLM Releases Sage-Grouse Scoping Report, May 2012
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, District Court in California Decides Latest Case in Series of Grazing Permit NEPA Challenges, April 2012
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, United States Supreme Court Confirms Navigability for Title Is Based on Use at Statehood, Is a Reach-by-Reach Determination , March 2012
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, BLM Is Accepting Comments on its National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy, January 2012
- Dunn Carney Enews, “Oregon Court of Appeals Rules on Premises Liability,” December 2011
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, DEQ Issues Permit for Pesticide Use, December 2011
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, Environmental Groups Seek Halt of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Authority to Use Lethal Force on Wolves in Northeastern Oregon, October 2011
- Dunn Carney Natural Resources Updates, D.C. Circuit Approves Settlement Compelling Fish and Wildlife Service to Move Forward with Listing Decisions under Endangered Species Act, September 2011
Professional Associations
- Multnomah Bar Association
- Oregon State Bar: Executive Committee of the Agriculture Law Section; Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Section; and Energy, Telecom & Utility Law Section
- Oregon Women Lawyers
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC)
- Federal Bar Association, Oregon Chapter, Board Member
