Ian Kavanaugh

Ian Kavanaugh is a natural resources associate at Fennemore. He serves and advises clients throughout Arizona on water, environmental, and other natural resources matters.

Ian’s practice draws on experience from water rights litigation and adjudications, trial advocacy, and federal environmental law.

Before joining Fennemore, Ian was a student practitioner with the University of Arizona’s Natural Resources Use and Management Clinic. In that role, he represented clients in general stream adjudication matters and appeared before the Special Water Master in the Superior Court of Arizona. Ian also served as a Judge Advocate intern with both the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy, where he gained further experience in environmental law and trial advocacy.

Ian earned his J.D. from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, where he served as an associate editor of the Arizona Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. He earned his B.S. in marine science from Coastal Carolina University.

Outside of the office, Ian enjoys competitive golf, playing blues guitar, spending time with his family, and cooking.

• J.D., University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
  • Associate Editor, Arizona Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
  • Student Practitioner, University of Arizona Natural Resources Use and Management Clinic
• B.S., Coastal Carolina University
  • Teal Scholar Award

• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Member, American Bar Association

• Arizona