Staff Directory

Laird Lucas Executive Director
Laird in front of US Supreme Court.

Laird is a 1986 graduate of Yale Law School, and has an M.A. in International Relations from Yale Graduate School (1981). He served as a law clerk to the Hon. William Wayne Justice of the U.S....

Todd Tucci Senior Staff Attorney

Todd is a 2000 graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law, and worked briefly for a Boston law firm before moving to Idaho to become a public interest environmental lawyer in 2001....

Laurie Rule Senior Staff Attorney

Laurie is a 2001 graduate of Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, with a certificate in environmental and natural resource law. During 2001-2002, she served as law clerk to the...

Kristin Ruether Staff Attorney

Kristin focuses on cases protecting the Sagebrush Sea, litigating public lands matters in federal, state, and administrative courts.  She is admitted to the Idaho and Oregon bars. 

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Natalie Havlina Staff Attorney
Natalie Havlina

Natalie earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in May 2006, with a concentration in environmental law. She graduated summa cum laude and received numerous honors, including...

Tina Barnett Office Manager
Tina enjoying the Lochsa River, Idaho.

Tina is a graduate of University of Texas at Tyler with a degree in business management, and joined Advocates for the West after being a full-time mom for many years.

Aimee Moran Development Director
Aimee Moran in Western Washington

Aimee Moran grew up in the West, exploring the land, water and magnificent places she now works to protect.  Earning a Masters in Public Administration from Eastern Washington University...

Bryan Hurlbutt Idaho Water Fellow, Staff Attorney

Bryan joined the Advocates for the West in October 2011.  As Idaho Water Fellow, he works on cases for the Idaho Conservation League to protect Idaho's water bodies by enforcing the Clean...