Shannon Arata
Associate
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
State Bar of North Carolina
State Bar of California
U.S. Supreme Court
4th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
EDUCATION
B.S., University of California, Davis (2006)
B.A., University of California, Davis (2006)
J.D., Duke University School of Law (2013
PRACTICE AREAS
Shannon concentrates her practice primarily on representing small organizations and individuals in environmental, land use, and administrative matters. Before joining Calhoun, Bhella & Sechrest, Shannon spent several years as a staff attorney with the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Clinic where she represented nonprofit organizations in environmental, renewable energy, administrative, and constitutional litigation. While at the Clinic, she led case teams comprised of law, graduate, and PhD students and taught the administrative law component of the Clinic’s curriculum. Shannon’s experience also includes counseling clients on local government matters, including local governments’ authority to adopt ordinances.
Shannon also teaches the Animal Law course at Duke Law School and volunteers with various attorney groups on good government, environmental, and civil rights projects.