Lead trial counsel in federal district court water rights adjudication including Native American claims to the Pojoaque, Nambe and Tesuque stream system.
2016-NMSC-__ (No. 35,446, Sept. 22, 2016)
2014-NMSC-006, 319 P.3d 639
2011-NMCA-011, 149 N.M. 484
Co-counsel and appellate counsel in complex Endangered Species Act litigation concerning water operations by federal agencies on the Rio Grande and the effect on threatened and endangered species. Lead negotiator in the development of landmark Conservation Water Agreement and Emergency Drought Water Agreement.
2006-NMCA-109, 140 N.M. 284, cert. quashed, 142 N.M. 17
2003-NMCA-082, 134 N.M. 1, cert. denied, 134 N.M. 123
2001-NMCA-47, 27 P.3d 984
Lead trial counsel in federal district court water rights adjudication including Native American claims to the Jemez River.
Lead trial and lead appellate counsel in case which gained national notoriety as the Milagro Beanfield War case.
Co-counsel in federal court cases involving federal commerce clause, New Mexico’s groundwater export statutes, and proposed interstate transfer of water.