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Education & Admissions
University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1995), Virginia Law Review Editorial Board
University of Michigan, Institute for Public Policy Studies (M.P.P., 1987)
University of Michigan (B.A., Political Science, 1987), with distinction
Admissions
- Minnesota
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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Minnesota and Colorado
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Eighth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal
Experience
Representative Work
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Litigation counsel for coal industry in multiple NEPA and FLPMA challenges to mineral leasing and mine planning actions in Wyoming and Colorado on Forest Service and BLM-administered lands, venued in federal court and the Interior Board of Land Appeals
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Defended agricultural and industrial clients in toxic tort, workplace injury, and property damage litigation, as well as regulatory enforcement proceedings
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Litigated multiple matters involving the dormant Commerce Clause, CERCLA, NEPA, CWA, and state environmental statutory and common law equivalents
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Represented multiple waste industry clients in federal and state permitting and civil actions, to full jury verdict or judgment
News & Resources
Articles
January 7, 2026
February 19, 2025
May 26, 2023
December 12, 2022
November 21, 2022
April 17, 2020
“Farewell to Coal?” — Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 62 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Insti.17 (2016)
July 21, 2016
News & Press Mentions
December 16, 2021
November 5, 2021
February 2, 2021
August 7, 2007
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