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Crown Attorney Fellowship

Crown Attorney Fellowship

CROWN Attorney Fellowship

Office  of the Sonoma County Counsel  •  Santa Rosa, California

The Office of the Sonoma County Counsel’s CROWN (Climate, Renewable Energy, Open Space, Water and Natural Resources) Fellowship program was originally established in 2011 with a focus on environmental and natural resource issues. It has since been expanded to become a General Public Law Fellowship, touching on all areas of public law practiced in our office, including environmental law.

This program is temporarily suspended. When active, the recruitment opens in December for placement the following September.  The Office typically seeks candidates with excellent academic credentials, and a strong interest in pursuing a career with a public law agency.

The Fellows who have been chosen in the past years are as follows:

  • Fiscal Year 2012-2013
    Eileen Odell, Graduate of UC Hastings, School of Law
  • Fiscal Year 2013-2014
    Ryan Shaening Pokrasso, Graduate of University of California, Berkeley School of Law
  • Fiscal Year 2014-2015
    Martha McCoy, Graduate of Harvard Law School
  • Fiscal Year 2015-2016
    Elise O’Dea, Graduate of University of California, Berkeley School of Law
  • Fiscal Year 2016-2017
    Katherine McGrath, Graduate of UC Davis School of Law
  • Fiscal Year 2016-2017
    Nicolas Oliver, Graduate of University of Chicago Law School
  • Fiscal Year 2017-2018
    Lani Maher, Graduate of University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
  • Fiscal Year 2017-2018
    Michael Caballero, Graduate of Empire College School of Law
  • Fiscal Year 2018-2019
    Lily Ricci, Graduate of Georgetown University Law
  • Fiscal Year 2019-2020
    Ethan Pawson, Graduate of UC Hastings, School of Law
  • Fiscal Year 2020-2021
    CROWN program temporarily suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • Fiscal Year 2021-2022
    CROWN program temporarily suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • Fiscal Year 2022-2023
    CROWN program temporarily suspended 
  • Fiscal Year 2023-2024
    CROWN program temporarily suspended