Advisory Board Activities and Other Events

Natural Resource Users Law & Policy Center

Joe Willis

Joe Willis (Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt) is Chair of the NRULPC Advisory Board. He specializes in natural resources and real estate and construction law with more than 45 years of experience. He has handled well over 1,000 cases and has been involved in many precedent-setting cases, particularly in issues of eminent domain and inverse condemnation.

Andy Groseta

Andy Groseta, Vice-Chair of the NRULPC Advisory Board, is a third-generation cattleman from Cottonwood, Arizona. He is a 1972 graduate of the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Agricultural Education and Animal Science and a Master's Degree in Agricultural Education in 1978. Mr. Groseta is a Past President (2008) of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and was recognized as the 2011 Agriculturalist of the Year by the Ag100 Council (University of Arizona).

Other Advisory Board Members

Burgess, Shane
Miller, Marc
Martin, Edward
Ashcroft, Nick
Baldwin, Elizabeth
Bingham, Matt
Butler, Don
Chezem, Linda
Davis, Tom
Ellixson, Ashley
Fabritz-Whitney, Sandra
Hammersley, Mia
Johansen, Kirk
Lawson, Sarah
Menges, Jeff
Ollerton, Paul “Paco”
Plummer, Bill
Ronstadt, Carlos
Seitz, Alan
Shamley, Doyel
Smallhouse, Stefanie
Steen, Celeste
Sullivan, Bethany

Advisory Board Meetings

Public Events and Commentary

Upcoming – None at this time
Past Events
- November 6, 2020. Mining Law Summit - New Frontiers in Community Engagement and Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources – How to responsibly develop critical mineral resources that are in high demand in modern society has been explored at the Nov. 6 Mining Law Summit by the University of Arizona Global Mining Law Center. More info and YouTube video. New Frontiers in Community Engagement and Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources” went virtual at no cost this year. It featured recorded speakers and interviews coupled with real-time discussions at the all-day event. The fifth edition of the summit was a collaboration of the UArizona James E. Rogers College of Law and Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources.
- April 24, 2018. Waters of the United States (WOTUS) – Evolution of a Quagmire and the Supreme Court.Presented by Jim Burling, Esq., Vice President of Litigation and Principal Attorney for Property Rights, Pacific Legal Foundation.
  Mr. Burling has been with Pacific Legal Foundation since 1983 and his cases involve regulatory takings, environmental and land use regulations, eminent domain, and Indian law. In 2001 he successfully argued a leading property rights case, Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, before the United States Supreme Court. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education courses on topics such as the regulation of wetlands, eminent domain, and the “taking” of private property. Mr. Burling’s cases have focused on environmental and land use regulations, eminent domain, and Indian law. In 2013, Mr. Burling was awarded the Crystal Eagle Award by the Owners Counsel of America in recognition of his work on behalf of property rights.
  View April 24, 2018 Webinar Video