Verónica Muriel Carrioni

Associate

I love learning new things and I am always happy to take on new challenges.

Verónica Muriel Carrioni is a member of the firm's litigation group. Prior to joining DWT, Verónica was a judicial extern for the Hon. Jolie A. Russo of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon and clerked for the Office of the Public Defender for the District of Oregon.

She received her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School where she graduated summa cum laude. Verónica is a licensed attorney in Colombia, where she practiced regulatory and transactional law and served as an advisor to the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on matters of environmental issues and foreign policy.

Admitted to Practice

Oregon, 2021

Education

J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, 2021, summa cum laude
- Klonoff Award
- Best Oral Advocate, First Year Moot Court Competition
LL.M., Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, 2011
LL.B., Universidad de los Andes, 2011

Languages

Spanish

Background

- Law Clerk, Levi Merrithew Horst PC, Portland, Ore., 2020-2021
- Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Portland, Ore., 2020
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Jolie A. Russo, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, Portland, Ore., 2019
- Summer Law Clerk, Office of the Federal Public Defender, District of Oregon, Portland, Ore., 2019
- Volunteer Legal Clerk, Small Business Legal Clinic, Portland, Ore., 2018-2019
- Lawyer, Freshwater Preservation, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense, Portland, Ore., 2017-2018; Bogotá, Colombia, 2016-2017
- Advisor, Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bogotá, Colombia, 2015-2016
- Director, Environmental Law Department, Universidad Sergio Arboleda Law School, Bogotá, Colombia, 2014-2015
- Clinical Legal Clerk, International Environmental Law Project, Portland, Ore., 2013-2014
- Associate Attorney, Natural Resources and Energy, Posse Herrera Ruiz, Bogotá, Colombia, 2011-2013