Member
Areas of Emphasis
Environmental Matters and Litigation
Representative Matters
- CERCLA/Superfund - represented several large mining and manufacturing clients at various Superfund sites
- Environmental Compliance Audits - assisted clients in multi-facility environmental audits
- Voluntary Cleanups - assisted in numerous industrial redevelopment projects
- Underground Storage Tanks - compliance and cleanup
- Asbestos - abatement and cleanup
- Water Quality - NDPES, storm water, wetlands
- Air Quality - permitting, indoor air quality
- Hazardous Waste - compliance and corrective actions
- Corporate Acquisitions/Real Estate Transactions
Professional Activities
- Presenter, International Environmental Law Seminar, Surrey, England, 1996
- Prior Council Member/Past Chair, Environmental Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
- Adjunct Professor, University of Denver Graduate School of Business Administration
- Course: "Environmental Regulation of the Energy Industries"
- Physical Scientist, Denver Regional Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1972 to 1978
Publications and Presentations
- "A Business Perspective on 20 Years of Activity Under the National Environmental Policy Act," 25 Land & Water L. Rev., 107 (1990)
- "The United States Experience with CERCLA--Issues for Consideration by the European Community"
- "International Treaties and Conventions and Environmental Legislation in North America" (1996)
Education
- Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 1980
- Masters of Science, Oregon State University, 1972
- Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University,1969
Honors and Awards
- Listed in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who Legal, and member of various honorary natural resource organizations