Crown Attorney Fellowship

Fiscal Year 2024-25 CROWN Attorney Fellowship - Recruitment opens in December 2023

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.

The recruitment to fill the FY 24-25 fellowship will open in December 2023. The Office will seek candidates with a strong interest in pursuing a career with a public law agency. The Office is seeking 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 due to COVID-19 pandemic