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12th Annual Santa Fe Advanced Conference on Litigating Natural Resource Damages

8/9/2018
Sarah Peterman Bell

Santa Fe, NM

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Sarah Bell and Jim Bruen are speakers at the 12th Annual Santa Fe Advanced Conference on Litigating Natural Resource Damages.

Ms. Bell is a program co-chair for the conference and will speak at the "Emerging Contaminants" session.  Mr. Bruen will speak at the "Sources, Strengths, and Preemptive Effects of Federal NRD Claims" session.

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