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Rebecca Wright Pritchett has received an
AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, Standard and Judicial Editions, and is ranked in Chambers USA® (Environment - Alabama).
EDUCATION
- Certificate of Completion, Environmental and Natural Resources Law. University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon.
- J.D. University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon.
- Faculty Appointments Committee; Phi Alpha Delta; Board of Advancement and Development; Land Air Water; Women's Law Forum.
- B.S. in Journalism, cum laude. University of Southern Mississippi, Honors College, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
- USM Hall of Fame, Most Outstanding Freshman Woman, Most Outstanding Greek Pledge, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma honorary fraternities.
AFFILIATIONS & HONORS
- Member, Alabama State Bar
- Past Chair, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section
- Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section Executive Committee
- Former Member, Alabama Oil & Gas Board (regulatory body)
- Appointed by Gov. Bob Riley (R)
- Chambers USA® ranked attorney (Band 2, Environment - Alabama)
- Registered Lobbyist in the State of Alabama
- Member, Board of Directors, National Wildlife Federation
- Chair, Audit Committee
- Member, Innovation Committee
- Past Chair, Credentials & Affiliate Standards Committee
- Member of last four Bylaws Committees
- Member of most recent Strategic Planning Committee
- Member, Alabama Permanent Oil & Gas Study Committee, a standing committee of the Alabama Legislature (appointed by Governor Kay Ivey (R))
- Alabama Appointee, Environmental Committee, Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) (political appointment by Governor Kay Ivey (R))
- Past Co-Chair, Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce/Birmingham Business Alliance Executive Women's Roundtable
- Manufacture Alabama
- Former Chair, Environmental Legal Affairs Subcommittee
- Member, BirminghamCREW (Commercial Real Estate Women)
- Past President
- Former CREW Network Delegate
- Former Member, Board of Trustees, Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust
- Appointed by Rep. Seth Hammett (D), Speaker of the House
- Alabama Water Agencies Working Group, Riparian & Other Legal Issues Focus Panel (political appointment)
- Past President, Alabama Wildlife Federation
- Government Relations Advisory Committee, The Nature Conservancy, Alabama Chapter
- President's Advisory Council, Fresh Water Land Trust (formerly Black Warrior - Cahaba Rivers Land Trust)
- Former Member, University of Southern Mississippi Foundation Board of Trustees
- Birmingham Business Alliance (formerly Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce) Entrepreneur of the Year (2008)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Environmental Category
- The Best Lawyers in America® Judicial Edition, Environmental Category
- The Best Law Firms in America
- Alabama Super Lawyers®, Environmental Category
- U.S. News & World Report, Best Law Firms in Alabama
- Birmingham Magazine’s Best Lawyers, Environmental and Land Use Categories (chosen by vote of fellow Birmingham-area attorneys)
- B Metro Magazine’s Best Lawyers, Environmental Category
- B Metro Magazine’s Top Women Attorneys
- Business Alabama’s Top Attorneys in Alabama (2009-2010)
- Corporate Counsel’s Top Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Lawyers (2009-2010)
- Birmingham Business Journal’s Best Attorneys in the Birmingham Area, Environmental Category (2009)
- Birmingham Business Journal’s Best of the Bar, Environmental Category (2005) (chosen by vote of fellow Birmingham-area attorneys)
- Birmingham
Best Lawyers Environmental Lawyer of the Year (2012)
- AVVO Top-Rated Lawyer
- Birmingham Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40 (2005)
- Member, Birmingham Bar Association
- Alabama Forestry Association
- State Bar of California (Inactive)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
- Co-Chair, Oil & Gas Committee
- Former Chair, Environmental Transactions & Brownfields Committee
- Former Chair, Science & Technology Committee
- Former Vice Chair, Forest Resource Committee
- Special Committee on Environmental Disclosures
- Nanotechnology Work Group
- Current Committees: Argicultural Management; Air Quality; Endangered Species; Environmental Disclosure; Environmental Enforcement & Crimes; Environmental LItigation & Toxic Tort; Environmental Transactions & Brownfields; Pesticides, Chemical Regulation & Right-to-Know; Superfund and Natural Resource Damages Litigation; Waste and Resource Recovery; Water Quality & Wetlands; Energy & Natural Resources Litigation; Forest Resources; Hydro Power; Marine Resources; Mining & Mineral Extraction; Oil & Gas; Renewable, Alternative & Distributed Energy Resources; Water Resources; Constitutional Law; In-House Counsel; Science & Technology
- Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
- Current Committees: Farmers, Ranchers & Natural Resources Business Planning; Green & Sustainable Transactions; Land Trusts; Partnerships & Limited Liability Companies; Charitable Organizations; Solo & Small Firm Practice; Condemnation; Environmental; Government Incentives; Land Use & Zoning; Asset Protection Planning; Financial Planning & Risk Management; Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions
- Law Practice Division
- Current Committees: Solo & Small Firm Forum; Solo/Small Firm Knowledge Strategy Forum; Client Development & Marketing Forum; Social Media, Legal Blogs and Websites Forum; ABA Women Rainmakers
- Solo, Small Firm & General Practice Division
- Founding Board Member, Hunting Heritage Foundation
- Founding Board Member, Hunters United Now and Tomorrow Alabama
- Former Instructor, Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Becoming an Outdoors Woman Program
- Former Assistant Den Leader, Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scout Pack 93
- Past President, Delta Delta Delta Montgomery Area Alumnae Chapter
- Former Alabama DHR Foster Parent