Marzulla Law Blog
Meet Mollie Jackowski, Associate Attorney
We are so pleased to have a great legal team at Marzulla Law. So much so that we want to share a bit about our team members here on our website. Today we are sharing a Q&A with our associate attorney Mollie Jackowski. Mollie, what inspired you to pursue a career...
Timing to Avoid Dismissal of a Taking Claim
The decision of when to file a taking claim in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims is a critically important step in bringing a successful taking case. File at the wrong time, and you may find yourself out of court. The assignee of oil and gas lease rights, Solenex, LLC,...
Who Says Networking Has To Be Work?
Recently my partner, Roger Marzulla, and I took a break from the already chilly days in Washington, D.C. and headed to Seaside, Florida, where we met up with our friends and colleagues for a three-day event with our colleagues and members of INBLF, an international...
Congress Funds Compensation Claims For New Mexico Fire Victims
April 6, 2022 was a windy day in the Las Dispensas area of the Santa Fe National Forest. But the U.S. National Forest Service moved forward anyway with its plan to set a prescribed burn for the area. The inevitable results were that the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon...
Nancie Marzulla Joins Takings Panel at 17th Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges
Our partner Nancie Marzulla participated in a panel discussion on 100 Years of Takings Law at the 17th Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges (ACBCJ), presented by the Judicial Education Program of the Law & Economics Center (LEC) at The...
Marzulla Law Interns: Cameron Ganong and Abby Larmore
This fall we have been pleased to welcome Abby Larmore and Cameron Ganong as interns in our law office. Abby is studying at Suffolk University where she expects to graduate in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a Minor in Women and Gender...
Senior Paralegal, Jeanmarie Egan, Speaks at TWC Law & Advocacy Networking Event
Marzulla Law’s Senior Paralegal, Jeanmarie Egan, had the privilege of speaking at The Washington Center’s Law and Advocacy Networking Event on Monday, October 24, 2022. The Washington Center is a nonprofit organization that provides immersive internships and...
Just Compensation Requirement for Property Taking Is Not Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
On July 18, 2022, First Circuit Judge Kayatta, appointed to the bench in 2013 by President Obama, issued a robust rejection of the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board’s argument, supported by the U.S. Justice Department, that it could discharge...
Flooding Taking Case Dismissed for Failure to Allege a Claim
To address the routine flooding that occurs in the Mississippi Delta, in the 1940s the federal government built the Yazoo Backwater Project—a levee system designed to protect portions of Issaquena County, Misssissippi, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Yazoo...
Federal Circuit Holds That Houston-Flooded Homeowners Have Compensable Property Rights
Following the devastating flooding of hundreds of privately owned properties in an area on the western edge of Houston, Buffalo Bayou, caused by flood control actions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in response to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey, the flooded...
Your Guide on How to Protect Your Rights in Federal Takings and Inverse Condemnation Actions
Are you facing a taking from the government? Need to understand what a taking is and what you can do about it? Read our Takings Law Guide.