College of Architecture and Urban Studies | School of Public and International Affairs

Program Chair and Asst. Professor, Urban Affairs & Planning Coordinator, Real Estate Minor 207 Architecture Annex 540-231-7508 jessej@vt.edu

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ACADEMIC BIOGRAPHY

Education

• J.D. (University of Virginia)
• M.S. in Agricultural & Applied Economics (Virginia Tech)
• B.S. in Agricultural Economics (Virginia Tech)

Research Interests

• Environmental law and policy
• land use law and policy
• rural-urban fringe issues
• agricultural issues

Courses Taught and Programs

• Real Estate Concentration (new)
• Land Use Law
• Legal Foundations of Planning
• Pollution Control Planning and Policy
• Principles of Real Estate

Jesse Richardson, Jr. joined the Department as an assistant professor in the Fall of 1998 after 11 years as an attorney in private practice. While in private practice, his primary areas were environmental land use, water rights, agricultural, real estate, and employment litigation (sexual harassment, racial discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act). He is presently involved in major litigation which will determine groundwater rights in Virginia.

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PUBLICATIONS

Selected Publications

• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr., "Reciprocal Property Rights and Opportunities for Conflict Resolution," Proceedings, Keep America Growing: Balancing Working Lands and Development, Summer 1999 (forthcoming).
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr., "Does Smart Growth Produce Smart Farms," Proceedings, Keep America Growing: Balancing Working Lands and Development, Summer 1999 (forthcoming).
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr., "Can You Get Along Without Right to Farm," Proceedings, Keep America Growing: Balancing Working Lands and Development, Summer 1999 (forthcoming).
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr., and L. Leon Geyer, "Ten Limitations to Ponder On Farm Limited Liability Companies," 4 Drake University Journal of Agricultural Law, pp. 197-214, Spring 1999.
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. "Variation on "Mother, May I:" Dillon's Rule," Horizons, Volume 10, Number 6, November/December 1998, 4 pp.
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. "How a Sole Practitioner Uses the Electronic Office to Maintain a Competitive Law Practice," 3 Drake University Agricultural Law Journal, pp. 141-160, Spring 1998.
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. "New Tax Law Could Enhance Attractiveness of Conservation Easements," Farm Business Management Update, 1998-02, February 1998, 5 pp., Virginia Cooperative Extension, Blacksburg, Virginia.
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. "New Tax Law Could Enhance Attractiveness of Conservation Easements," Agricultural Law Update, Vol. 15, No. 2, Whole No. 171, December 1997, pp. 1, 3, & 7, American Agricultural Law Association, Alvin, Texas.
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. "Legal and Institutional Impediments to Integrated Use and Management of Surface and Groundwater," Water Resources Update, Issue Number 106, Winter 1997, pp.21-26. Universities Council on Water Resources, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. "Legal and Institutional Impediments to Integrated Use and Management of Surface Water and Groundwater," Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Universities Council on Water Resources, pp. 29-35, July 31-August 2, 1996.
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. "Maximizing Tax Benefits for Farmers and Ranchers Implementing Conservation and Environmental Plans," University of Oklahoma Law Review, Volume 48, Number 2, page 449 (Summer 1995).
• Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. and Geyer, L. Leon. "A Takings Analysis of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act," Proceedings of the 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference, Toward a Sustainable Coastal Watershed, Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc., p. 299 (June 1994).
• Geyer, L. Leon and Richardson, Jesse J., Jr. "Economic Ramifications of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act," Proceedings of the 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference, Toward a Sustainable Coastal Watershed, Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc., p. 290 (June 1994).