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  • Eagan, Minnesota, resident receives national Army Corps of Engineers award

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters selected Alex Webb, an attorney with the Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul District and Eagan, Minnesota, resident, as its 2024 recipient of the E. Manning Seltzer Award for his work on the Upper Mississippi River Dredged Material Management Program.

  • Nashville District names Miller Employee of the Month for December 2022

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Mar. 7, 2023) – Kathleen Miller, assistant district counsel with the District Office of Counsel, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2022. She is recognized primarily for taking on additional workloads in the month of December to ensure critical contracting milestones were met.

  • Team closes record 49 easements for Loyall Flow-Through Ponding Project

    Nashville, Tenn. (Aug. 8, 2022) – A team of realty specialists, an attorney and engineers recently set a record with the acquisition of 49 easements supporting the flow-through ponding project in Loyall, Kentucky.

  • Brewer lauded with USACE Chief Counsel's Honorary Award

    An attorney at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) was recently recognized during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chief Counsel’s Honorary Awards ceremony. Allison Brewer, who has been with the ERDC Office of Counsel for more than five years, was awarded the E. Manning Seltzer Award for Special Contributions, which is named for the Chief Legal Advisor to the Chief of Engineers and General Counsel of the USACE from 1956 until 1977. The award recognizes an attorney who has made one or more special contributions to the USACE legal service mission through the development of a legal theory, a legal management innovation or practice or outstanding performance in solving a legal or management problem.

  • Award Winning Attorney Moonlights as Advice Columnist

    An attorney with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District recently earned an award for her efforts to make federal ethics rules more understandable to District employees.

  • Europe District’s Office of Counsel tackles unique challenges in supporting overseas mission

    The Office of Counsel is critical to delivering projects in any U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District office — and overseas in Europe District is no exception.

  • USACE Vicksburg District employee receives award from the Mississippi Paralegal Association

    An employee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District received the 2020 Paralegal of the Year Award from the Mississippi Paralegal Association (MPA) in Jackson on Friday.

  • Attorneys throughout USACE assist Far East District to fill vital role

    CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East District (FED)

  • Amanda Fuller: Introspective, funny, genuine … lawyer?

    “Sometimes lawyers don’t understand how uncomfortable conflict is for other people,” says Amanda Fuller, deputy district counsel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District. “The Socratic Method is at the heart of law school – you study in a state of constant questioning. Every sentence you say in law school is open to challenge from the instructor or your colleagues." She admits a fondness for spirited discourse.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Clark Bartee

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 1, 2016) – Pursuing a career in law seemed like a natural course for Clark Bartee, the son of a college pre-law advisor and university professor, but it took a chance encounter for him to realize this was a path he was destined to pursue.