Austin is an associate attorney in Rose Law Group’s Litigation Department. Prior to joining RLG, Austin worked for two years as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Steven P. Logan at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Austin graduated cum laude from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. During his time at ASU Law, Austin was on the Board of Editors of the Arizona State Law Journal as the Journal’s Executive Note & Comment Editor. He was involved in the law school’s Post-Conviction Clinic and worked as a law clerk for a successful Phoenix-based criminal defense firm. He also served as teaching assistant for Legal Method & Writing and worked closely with the law school’s admissions office as a law aide.
Austin was raised in Kansas City and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he obtained his bachelor’s degree after focusing his undergraduate studies on broadcast-journalism and mathematics. During his time in Lincoln, Austin worked for HuskerVision, the production arm of the Nebraska Athletic Department. During his senior year, he served as the Director for HuskerVision’s Big Ten Network Student U Productions team. He also spent time as a student manager on the men’s basketball team and as a staff writer for the sports section of the student newspaper.
In his free time, Austin enjoys playing basketball and following sports, particularly the Kansas City Chiefs. Austin also enjoys hiking, camping, and being outdoors.
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‘We will continue to thrive’: State leaders, Rose Law Group partner & Water Law Department Director Riley Snow, weigh in on proposed Colorado River water cuts
By AZ Family Arizona’s top elected officials are coming together to blast a federal plan to manage the Colorado River. City leaders, business groups, and federal representatives are pushing back hard after the federal government released a sweeping plan Friday that could force the state to absorb a disproportionate share of Colorado River water cuts. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spares Colorado, Utah, New
Colorado River determination expected: Riley Snow, Rose Law Group partner and director of the Water Law Department, explains how Arizona is prepared
By Reagan Priest | Yellow Sheet Water experts say not all hope is lost for a better deal on the Colorado River, despite discouraging news from the federal government last week. The Bureau of Reclamation released its final draft environmental impact statement (FEIS) on the Colorado River on Friday, outlining a “framework” for river operations that includes both the Lower Basin proposal and a
Arizona, 2 other states would share cuts under proposal to manage Colorado River; Riley Snow, Rose Law Group partner & director of the firm’s water law department, comments
By The Associated Press The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s 10-year plan spares four other states from facing mandatory cuts for now. It’s meant to be flexible, allowing deeper cuts in drier times while giving the states more time to collectively agree on how to manage the dwindling resource that flows through dams to produce hydropower. The Lower Basin states of
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