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Practice Areas > Agricultural Law and Water Rights
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With experience representing farmers, nursery owners, and water districts in a wide range of cases, the Dobson Law Firm is well versed with the special problems facing Oregon’s agricultural community. The firm is knowledgeable in federal and state laws governing ground and surface water rights, including abandonment and forfeiture, change of use, and transfers of interest. The firm also helps clients in issues involving pesticide application and storage, sludge spreading, conversion of wetlands into farms, and Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies.
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The Dobson Law Firm provides comprehensive regulatory advice regarding the use and storage of herbicides and pesticides.
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Experienced in helping nurseries and farms collect unpaid accounts.
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Examples of water and agricultural law work include:
- Asserting agricultural liens on behalf of unpaid produce growers under the federal Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
- Marketing of large-scale water rights involving significant changes in use and abandonment issues.
- Assisting businesses, individuals, and government entities in obtaining, perfecting, and maintaining water rights.
- Advising compost businesses regarding the need to obtain special use permits for operations in designated exclusive farm use zones.
- Bringing timber trespass and negligent pesticide application claims on behalf of injured landowners.
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