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Honorary OCA members include eminent domain and property rights lawyers with the highest credentials and experience. OCA’s Honorary members are associated with non-profits, public interest law firms, or other business associations. Honorary members can also be full-time academics who concentrate their teachings and scholarship on real property litigation, takings, eminent domain law and private property rights.

The names of all current Honorary members of OCA are listed below. Simply click on the name to view their professional profile.

Amy Brigham Boulris (Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.)
Dana Berliner (Institute For Justice)
James Burling (Pacific Legal Foundation)
Michael Berger (Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP)
Robert McNamara (Institute For Justice)
Robert Thomas (Pacific Legal Foundation)

Former Honorary members of OCA are listed below, and OCA recognizes with gratitude their contributions to the cause of private property rights and their involvement in Owners’ Counsel of America.

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OCA Honorary Member Amy Brigham Boulris Elected to American Law Institute

December 20, 2023 – OCA Blog posted by OwnersCounsel
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December 18, 2023 – OCA Blog posted by OwnersCounsel

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