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| Practice Areas | Water Law; Mining Law; Public Land Law; Administrative Law; Real Property | | | Education | University of Utah, J.D., 1988, University of Utah, B.S., cum laude, 1982 | | | Admitted | 1988, Utah | |
| Memberships | Utah State Bar (Member, Character and Fitness Committee, 2008—; Chair, Water Law Committee, 2003-2005; Chair, Energy Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section, 2001-2002; Chair, Mining Law Committee, 1996-1998; Chair, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1997-1998); Utah Mining Association; Nevada Mining Association; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Member, Executive Committee, 2006-2008; Trustee-at-Large, 2002-2005, 2006-2008); American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers; American Association of Professional Landmen. | | | Special Agencies | Federal Interior Board of Land Appeals; Federal Bureau of Land Management; Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining; Utah Division of Water Rights. | | | Born | 1958 | | | Biography | Order of the Coif. Adjunct Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah (2009—), and J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (2008—). Named Lawyer of the Year, Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section, Utah State Bar, 2005. Note and Development Editor, Utah Law Review, 1987-1988. Judge pro tempore, Third Judicial District Court (Small Claims), Salt Lake County, UT (1991-2005). Frequent speaker and writer on subjects of water rights, water right purchase, sale and modification, mining law, natural resources law, public land law and access rights. Ranked as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Utah, Utah Business magazine, 2004. Regular contributor on Federal and Utah mining issues for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's Mineral Law Newsletter, 1998-2004. Utah Correspondent for the "Year in Review: 2003" (Water Resources) and "Year in Review: 2004" (Water Resources), published by the American Bar Association (Environment, Energy and Resources Section). Author and Presenter: "Access to Mineral Properties," Mining Law Short Course, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2009; "Access to Mineral Properties," Mining Law Short Course, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2008; "Access on Federal Public Lands," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2005; "Navigating the Maze: Oil and Gas Development in the Rocky Mountain Public Land States," 2002 Annual Conference of the National Association of Lease and Title Analysts; "How Do I Get There? Access to and Across Mining Claims and Mineral Leases," 45 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 20-1, 1999. | | | ISLN | 906172993 | |
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