Sara Pauley

Project Manager
PO Box 86, 5701 E. Claysville Road
Hartsburg, MO 65039
573.635.0532
spauley@djcase.com

D.J. Case’s natural resource policy expert, Sara Pauley, brings natural resource policy and administration, marketing, and environmental negotiation compliance experience to clients.

A licensed attorney, Sara handles projects of wide-ranging scope. As former deputy director and acting director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, she led an agency of nearly 2,000 employees with a budget of more than $335 million.

Sara also understands how conservation and natural resource issues impact both governmental and non-profit organizations. She served as chief of staff and general counsel to the Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, director of conservation programs for the American National Fish & Wildlife Museum, and has held other teaching and research positions. Her experience extends to the corporate world as well, when she served as chief market development officer for an alternative energy company. Sara has also completed training in advanced multi-party negotiation of environmental disputes.

Sara received a juris doctorate from the University of Missouri in 1993, completed postgraduate studies at the University of Sydney (Australia), and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.