A. Reed Marbut
Of Counsel
Professional Experience
Reed was born in Denver, Colorado and grew up on a cattle ranch
near Missoula, Montana. He returned to Colorado to attend
Colorado State University, receiving his Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine degree in 1960. Reed engaged in active veterinary
practice from the early 1960s until he returned to the family
ranch in Missoula, where he was the managing general partner of
the ranch from 1964 to 1983. During these years, Reed also
served as a faculty affiliate for the Department of Range
Management at the University of Montana, School of Forestry and
on the Montana Land Management Committee of the National
Wildlife Federation.
From 1983 to 1984, Reed served in the Montana State Senate.
During his Senate tenure, he was Chairman of the Committee on
Indian Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Public Health
Committee.
After law school, he practiced in Spokane, Washington, moving
back to Oregon in 1991 to take an administrative position
at the Oregon Water Resources Department. Reed is an Adjunct
Professor of Water Law at the Willamette University College of
Law.
On July 1, 2005, Reed retired from the Water Resources
Department and became of counsel to Karnopp Petersen.
Reed’s service to the firm’s clients focuses on
water right and water law issues.
Education
Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, J.D.
(1987)
Colorado State University, Ph.D, Veterinary Medicine (1960)
Admitted to Practice
Oregon
Washington
Montana