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Emily Rake
503.222.7939
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Practice areas

Environmental and natural resources law

Business and corporate law

Emily C. Rake

An attention to detail and a commitment to clients’ needs are hallmarks of Emily C. Rake’s practice at Kell, Alterman & Runstein, L.L.P.  Emily helps clients achieve their goals and comply with complex hazardous waste and water quality regulations.  She advises clients in matters involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the Clean Water Act (CWA).  In her business practice, Emily provides corporate clients practical guidance on closely-held business formation, including partnerships, limited liability companies, S corporations and C corporations.  She is particularly adept at structuring business transactions and at assessing corporate compliance.

Emily graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School with a Certificate in Natural Resources and Environmental Law.  While in law school, Emily edited articles for the Lewis & Clark Law Review and researched private equity placements for a business law professor.  As Head Law Clerk at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, she assisted in RCRA and CWA enforcement actions.

Prior to law school, Emily received a 2005 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to research indigenous grassroots strategies for social change in Guatemala, Bolivia, and Chile.  Emily also interned with U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, conducting legislative research and responding to constituent concerns.  The diverse perspectives and problem-solving approaches Emily learned now enable her to help clients accomplish their objectives.  

Education
J.D., Lewis and Clark Law School, 2010
     Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law
     Lewis & Clark Law Review Article Editor
     Featured Alumni
B.A., The Colorado College, 2005 
    American University Center of Provence, French Language, Semester Abroad, 2004
    International Honors Program, Indigenous Perspectives, Semester Abroad, 2003

Admitted to practice

Oregon, 2010 
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011

Professional and civic activities
Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court
Oregon Women Lawyers
American Bar Association (Environment, Energy and Resources; Business Law Sections)
Oregon State Bar (Environmental and Natural Resources; Business Law Sections)
Multnomah Bar Association Imprint Program Volunteer

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