James R. Farrell

Banking, Real Estate and Financial Services Group

Gulfport Office
Tel: (228) 575-3048
E-mail: jim.farrell@butlersnow.com

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Areas of Emphasis

• Environmental Law
• Real Estate and Development Law
• Business Planning and Operations

Education & Honors

• University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 2007
• Associate Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal
• United States Naval Academy, B.S., English, with merit, 1999

Associations

• American Bar Association
• Mississippi Bar
• Harrison County Bar Association

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 2007

Legal Experience

• Counsel for state agency seeking federal funds available through FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
• Government Service includes: Law Clerk, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Criminal Investigation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Summer 2006; Naval Officer, 1999-2004.
• Counsel and public assistance to local governments, including environmental issues.

Papers, Presentations, & Publications

• Author, NRDC v. Winter Part One: Green Trumps the Blue and Gold – National Security Takes a Back Seat to Natural Resources in the Central District of California, Environmental Impact Assessment Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association, May 2008.
• Co-author, A Practitioner's Guide to Protecting Wetlands in a Post-Rapanos World, Environmental Law Reporter, Environmental Law Institute, October 2006.