Montgomery & Andrews

Ms. Katz is a member of the firm’s Natural Resources & Environmental, Administrative, and Appellate Practice departments.  Her practice is primarily focused in the areas of water, environmental, natural resources, appellate and complex litigation.  Ms. Katz has represented clients before state district and appellate courts, the Office of the State Engineer, the Environment Department, the Environmental Improvement Board, the Water Quality Control Commission, and the Public Regulatory Commission.  She is also involved in representing states in interstate water litigation before the United States Supreme Court.   Prior to joining Montgomery & Andrews, Ms. Katz clerked for the Honorable Richard C. Bosson of the New Mexico Supreme Court for two years.  During law school, Ms. Katz served as co-editor-in-chief of the Natural Resources Journal.

Education

• University of New Mexico Law School, Juris Doctor, 2006, Magna Cum Laude
• University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A., cultural anthropology, 2000, Summa Cum Laude

Professional Memberships and Activities

• New Mexico State Bar Association
• First Judicial District Bar Association
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
• Environmental Law Institute

Honors

• Order of the Coif
• UNM School of Law Albert E. Utton Award for Excellence in Natural Resources

Publications

• Edmund H. Kendrick & Lara Katz, New Mexico, in IMPLEMENTING INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS AT BROWNFIELDS AND OTHER CONTAMINATED SITES 465 (Amy L. Edwards ed., 2nd ed. 2012).
• Lara Katz, History of the Minnow Litigation and Its Implications for the Future of Reservoir Operations on the Rio Grande, 47 NAT. RESOURCES J. 675 (Summer 2007).
• Susan Kelly, Iris Augusten, Joshua Mann & Lara Katz, History of the Rio Grande Reservoirs in New Mexico Legislation and Litigation, 47 NAT. RESOURCES J. 525 (Summer 2007).