jennie@landshorewater.com
Land, Shore, and Water
Jennie Bricker is an experienced attorney licensed in Oregon and Washington. Her practice focuses on the land, the shore, and the water—and the laws and regulations affecting them. See a list of representative projects…more
Natural Resources Permitting
Jennie Bricker is a natural resources attorney with expertise in obtaining permits for projects that affect waterways and wetlands. She is also an experienced water law attorney…more
Litigation
In collaboration with Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C., Jennie Bricker offers support to clients in litigation and appeals…more
About Jennie Bricker
Trained in a large Portland law firm, Jennie Bricker offers high-level legal expertise. Learn more about Jennie Bricker’s experience, education, publications, and presentations…more
News and Events
All Eyes on SCOTUS
The Supreme Court of the United States will soon hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that targets Roe v. Wade and the right to choose abortion. The Court’s newest appointee, Amy Coney Barrett, personally opposes abortion, but will she vote to overturn Roe? No one knows.
It’s only been 40 years since Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed by President Reagan, the first woman on the Supreme Court. But as Fred Leeson writes in Rose City Justice, it might have happened decades sooner. If President Eisenhower had listened to Mark Hatfield (then secretary of state) in 1956, the first female Justice would have been Dorothy McCullough Lee, an Oregon attorney. “Dauntless Dottie” was the first woman elected mayor of Portland. She also served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and on Portland’s city council. As a city councilor, she shut down illegal gambling (including the removal of slot machines from the Multnomah Athletic Club) and she created the now-familiar grid of one-way streets in downtown Portland, as the automobile outpaced the trolley for urban transportation. She died in 1981, the year Justice O’Connor took her seat on SCOTUS.
If President Eisenhower had appointed Dorothy McCullough Lee in 1956, she would have helped decide Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973. Seven Justices in Roe voted to overturn a Texas law that criminalized abortion; two dissented. Which side would Lee have taken?
No one knows.
Jennie Bricker has been a Portland attorney since 1997. Small, local, and independent, she specializes in waterways, water rights, property boundaries, land title issues, wetlands, navigability, and permitting.
Contact Jennie
503-928-0976
jennie@landshorewater.com