Professionals

Corinne Celko

503.467.0396

corinne@emergelawgroup.com

EDUCATION

Lewis & Clark Law School, Juris Doctor (1999)

University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Arts (1995)

ADMISSIONS

Oregon

PRACTICE AREAS


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Corinne Celko focuses her practice on land use and development law, obtaining permit and entitlement approvals for a wide variety for development projects. Corinne assists clients in building what they want, where they want, and how they want. She helps clients move nimbly and efficiently through land use laws, development regulations, and the local government development approval process.

Corinne has experience advocating at local government hearings, moving through the local land use application process, and handling cases before the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. Her background in these areas provides a unique perspective when advising clients in the cannabis industry, especially because she has worked with various cities and counties throughout Oregon to adopt regulations specific to cannabis-related uses.

Prior to joining Emerge Law Group, Corinne served as Counsel at Perkins Coie LLP, an international AmLaw 100 law firm. She also previously served as an attorney at Lindsay Hart LLP, a boutique litigation firm, and is a former Deputy Magistrate and Judicial Clerk for the Alaska State Superior Court.

Activities

Professional Memberships

International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Co-Chair of the Oregon Alliance Program (2015-Present)

Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Member and Past Secretary

Real Estate and Land Use Section, Oregon State Bar, Member

Oregon State Bar, Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Section, Member

International Cannabis Bar Association, Member

National Cannabis Industry Association, Member
NCIA Banking and Financial Services Committee (2017-2019)

Speaking Engagements

July 22, 2019
San Jose, CA
National Cannabis Bar Association

April 19, 2019
Portland, OR
Oregon State Bar
An Evolving Landscape:  Marijuana’s Continued Impact on Oregon Land Use Planning

July 25, 2018
San Jose, CA
National Cannabis Bar Association
Securing State and Local Licenses and Permits
Environmental Law

January 25, 2018
Portland, OR
Cannabis Collaborative Conference
Local Power: Impact of Local Government Regulation on CannaBusinesses

October 26, 2017
Webinar
Lorman
Marijuana’s Impact on Zoning and Land Use

June 14, 2017
Oakland, CA
National Cannabis Industry Association, Cannabis Business Summit

October 13, 2016
Portland, OR
International Council of Shopping Centers, Pacific Northwest Idea Exchange Conference
Panel Discussion About the Legalized Marijuana Industry

September 29, 2016
Portland, OR
Oregon State Bar, Business Law Section
2016 Oregon Marijuana Law Update

April 29, 2016
Portland Oregon
Oregon State Bar, Real Estate and Land Use Spring Forum
New Green Revolution: Marijuana’s Impact on Oregon’s Land Use Planning

November 5, 2015
Portland, OR
International Council of Shopping Centers, Pacific Northwest Idea Exchange Conference
Oregon Alliance Program Emcee, November 5, 2015

Press

February 5, 2020
Corinne Celko quoted in Bend Source Weekly
County Continues To Poke The LUBA Bear

January 14, 2020
Corinne Celko quoted in The Newberg Graphic
Commission delays decision on controversial marijuana/hemp facility

August 3, 2017
Corinne Celko quoted in Capital Press
The marijuana farmer next door

March 9, 2017
Corinne Celko mentioned in East Oregonian
First Pendleton pot shop to open Saturday

Experience

Successfully won two appeals at Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) against Deschutes County relating to its repeated denials of cannabis business’s land use application based on an erroneous interpretion of the county code prohibiting cannabis production facilities within 1,000 feet of a “youth activity center”.

Successfully argued before LUBA against a petitioner challenging Yamhill County’s approval of a cannabis and hemp processing client’s site design.

Corinne’s Blogs & News