Cases
Representative Experience: Consultation
providing comment to Arizona Department of Water Resources regarding impacts of proposed conservation requirements in the Active Management Area Fourth
Fifth Management Plans on behalf of golf course, mining,
agriculture clients
Represented client in seeking state approval for public/private cooperative effort to transport groundwater to public water providers in the initial Active Management Areas ('AMAs') from an approved groundwater transportation basin
Represented client in seeking 'Type 2' groundwater rights sufficient to support a large industrial facility in the Phoenix AMA
provided guidance for maintaining compliance with reporting
conservation requirements
Represented client in seeking lease of 'Type 2' groundwater rights from the Arizona State L
Department
Represented client in seeking state approvals for converting irrigation groundwater rights to 'Type 1' non-irrigation groundwater rights
Represented clients in seeking approvals from the Arizona Department of Water Resources for transferring ownership of Certificate of Assured Water Supply
Advised client regarding the transferability of certain Colorado River entitlements
obtaining federal approval for the transfer
Guided developer through process of converting Salt River Project served agricultural l
s to urban development
Assisted client through process of purchasing State Trust l
s for solar
other commercial projects
Obtained State Trust l
leases for commercial, mining, agricultural,
ranching/grazing purposes
Provided legal analysis of risks related to the potential acquisition of State Trust l
s that have reserved mineral rights
Represented client in seeking cooperation
approval from U.S. Forest Service under the federal Small Tracts Act for acquisition of small parcel of Forest Service l
inadvertently encroached upon by adjacent private l
owner
Counseled client through National Historic Preservation Act ('NHPA') cultural resources clearance process for high-speed data transmission line
Advised client regarding pending legislation
provided background information to individual legislators
testimony to legislative committees on client's behalf
in support of client's interests