Agricultural Law and Regulation Seminar
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Current Status of 2018 US Farm Bill
J. Parker
Estimated costs and projections
Crop insurance
Conservation
Farm commodity program
Nutrition assistance
Agricultural Finance Law
J. Parker
Bankruptcy
Commercial transactions
Federal loan programs
Finance & credit
Production contracts
Agricultural Environmental Law
A. Branan
Livestock operations
Crop production
Chemical handling and exposure
Air quality
Agricultural Water Law
M. Ormiston
Application of the Clean Water Act to agricultural operations
• Farming and non-farming activities
Water supplies, well drilling and irrigation law
Handling of agricultural wastewater
Long term sustainability of water supply and water quality
Agricultural Land Use Regulations
M. Ormiston
Permitting and siting of agricultural operations
• Livestock and crop production
Conflicts with other land owners and land uses
Land use litigation
Credits
Attorneys
6.5 North Carolina General CLE Credits
6.5 South Carolina CLE Hours
6.5 Virginia CLE Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. The North Carolina Board of CLE has approved this course for 6.5 general CLE credits. The course has been approved for 6.5 CLE hours for South Carolina and Virginia attorneys.
Courses approved by the North Carolina Board of CLE for attorneys qualifies this course for North Carolina paralegals.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Matthew Ormiston
Nexsen PruetSpecial Counsel with Nexsen Pruet
Mr. Ormiston, a member of Nexsen Pruet’s Agribusiness Industry Team, tailors his efforts to meet the special needs of the firm’s clients working within the agricultural industry, particularly those within the Farm Credit System. As part of the Farm Credit System, established by Congress in 1916, Mr. Ormiston’s clients provide a reliable source of funding to agricultural and aquatic producers, rural homeowners and certain agriculture-related businesses and cooperatives.
Before joining Nexsen Pruet, Mr. Ormiston served as associate general counsel for a cooperatively-owned wholesale funding bank within the Texas Farm Credit District, which serves Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. In this role, he advised the bank on various topics including, but not limited to, credit documentation, loan origination, loan closing and servicing, bankruptcy, foreclosure sales and flood insurance.
Prior to going in-house, Mr. Ormiston represented clients in state and local tax litigation and appeals, as well as construction, contract, employment and entertainment law matters.
While still in law school, he served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Julie Parker
Stubbs & PerdueAttorney with Stubbs & Perdue
Ms. Parker was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 2018. Her practice areas focus on agricultural law, consumer bankruptcy, and real estate. Before joining Stubbs & Perdue, Ms. Parker obtained her masters degree in Social Work from East Carolina University. During law school, Ms. Parker served as the articles editor of the North Carolina Central Environmental Law Review and was a member of the Pro Bono Council Board.
Robert Branan
North Carolina State UniversityAssistant Extension Professor with the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University
Mr. Branan serves as assistant extension professor with the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. He is a lawyer who concentrates in agriculture, real property, and natural resource law, with a focus on farm and land succession. Mr. Branan has managed a solo law practice that has served farmers, landowners and food entrepreneurs across North Carolina and Virginia on matters of business planning and management and asset transfer. He has also served as legal counsel to various food distribution and processing companies that create production opportunities for farmers. He has a particular interest in counseling new and beginning farmers and inheritors of farmland, authoring the workbook Planning the Future of Your Farm for farm owners and Getting Started in Farming workbook for beginning farmers. Mr. Branan graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and Wake Forest University Law School, and lives with his family just north of Hillsborough, North Carolina.