All photography provided by Jared Chambers
Founding Principles: Conflict is creative energy blocked. Diversity is the foundation for creativity and untapped resource potential.
Carissa provides legal and dispute resolution services to improve her clients' quality of life, as well as connection to people and to nature.
My Values
Carissa brings integrity, authenticity, and respect to her work with clients.
Carissa’s work in mediation and conflict resolution is founded on the principle that different perspectives, knowledge and skills are the basis for complementarity and human ingenuity.
She is dedicated to unleashing the wealth of diversity among people and within nature to drive creativity, innovation and excellence.
““Carissa is a tremendous listener who took the time to fully understand my issues and was thorough and contemplative in giving clear, practical legal advice. She was very helpful and connected me with resources beyond her work as a lawyer. Throughout the several weeks that I worked with her, she was open, respectful and caring. Carissa gives the feeling of being heard and understood, which brings a sense of peace and some closure. This really differentiates her from the crowd. I highly recommend her legal services.”
”
She is eager to help her clients find new roads to meet their goals in solving complex environmental challenges and achieve:
1) quality of life and peace of mind,
2) human connectedness and solidarity, and
3) a stronger relationship with the natural world, and ecological sensibility
She will improve quality of life for industry and government representatives by facilitating more constructive, collaborative and beneficial relations with local communities and indigenous peoples in siting and planning new projects. These projects can include renewable energy, landfill, quarry, transfer stations, composting sites, and soil management facilities.
She will help improve a sense of human solidarity and connectedness by fostering community engagement and empowerment in environmental decisions, and deepening understanding of multiple viewpoints and perspectives to arrive at stronger, more robust and long-term decisions.
She will facilitate a greater sense of respect and direct engagement to improve our relations with the natural world.