Tiffany Dowell Lashmet

Areas of Expertise

• Landowner liability
• Agricultural leases
• Water law
• Right to Farm
• Fence Law

Professional Summary

Tiffany Dowell Lashmet is an associate professor and extension specialist in agricultural law. She focuses her work on legal issues affecting Texas agricultural producers and landowners. She authors the award-winning Texas Agriculture Law Blog and hosts the award-winning Ag Law in the Field Podcast.  She serves the State Bar of Texas John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course Planning Committee and previously sat on the Board of Directors for the American Agricultural Law Association. In 2019, Tiffany received the Excellence in Agricultural Law Award for Academia from the American Agricultural Law Association, and in 2016, she was named the State Specialist of the Year for Texas Agriculture by the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association. Tiffany grew up on a family farm and ranch in Eastern New Mexico, received her Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness summa cum laude at Oklahoma State University, and her law degree summa cum laude at the University of New Mexico. Prior to joining Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Tiffany worked for four years at a law firm in Albuquerque practicing civil litigation. She is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and Texas.