Parsons Behle & Latimer

Abby specializes in water law, including water right and transfer procurement, adjudications, regulatory compliance and water disputes. She also provides guidance through real property matters, including easement and encroachment disputes.

Capabilities

Biography

Abby’s practice focuses on water, natural resources, administrative and real property issues, while representing individual water users, canal companies, municipal providers and irrigation districts in a wide variety of matters. She has experience with water right permitting, adjudication and administration issues throughout the state of Idaho.

In 2023, Abby graduated cum laude from Lewis & Clark Law School with a certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. During law school, Abby was a student clinician with Earthrise Law Center where she gained experience with the Clean Water Act (CWA) and a wide variety of other environmental statutes.

Growing up on a farm on the Salmon Tract of southern Idaho instilled a deep understanding and passion for water law issues that led Abby to pursue a law degree with a specific concentration on environmental law.

Accomplishments

Academic

Environmental and Natural Resource Law Certificate

Professional

Headgate: Idaho’s Water Leadership Academy – Graduate

Idaho Water Users Association – Women in Water Spotlight

Associations

Professional

Idaho State Bar, Water Law Section

Idaho Water Users Association Member

Community

Filer High School Track and Cross-Country Assistant Coach

Insights

Travis L. Thompson and Abby R. Bitzenburg Join Parsons Behle & Latimer’s Boise Office, Strengthening Region-Leading Water Law Practice

Credentials

Licensed

Idaho

U.S. Dist. Court, Dist. of Idaho

Education

Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law