Counsel to the American Petroleum Institute (“API”) and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (“COGA”) as intervenors in a suit filed by Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee (“Wildgrass”) against the State of Colorado and the Colorado Oil and Gas Committee in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado attempting to prevent Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. from engaging in hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in their residential neighborhood. Our team filed motions to dismiss both the original complaint and an amended complaint on multiple grounds, including that the federal court should abstain from deciding the case of utmost importance to Colorado and that the complaint failed to state valid claims for relief. The court agreed with API and COGA and dismissed the amended complaint in its entirety.

Counsel to Extraction Oil & Gas in a case filed in Colorado State Court, Boulder County in defense of claims asserting that Extraction’s state of the art plans for oil and gas development, based in Weld County, with horizontal drilling several thousand feet beneath the surface into reserves in Boulder County, violated Boulder County’s Conservation easements and other oil and gas lease provisions. After extensive briefing on summary judgment, the District Court issued a lengthy written order ruling in Extraction’s favor and dismissing the entirety of Boulder County’s claims.

Counsel to the defendant charged with 4 counts of felony arson in connection with the largest wildfire in the history of central Colorado. Defendant had accidentally started the fire while firing a rifle at a shooting range. After prevailing on several complex motions challenging evidence and constitutional issues, the case was resolved by the client pleading to one misdemeanor count of “firing woods or prairie.”

Counsel to Kystella Watts in a pro bono matter, winning her complete custody of her child in Montrose County District Court in trial. Our client, a single mother, had two separate families, trying to convert temporary custody of her 7 year old son to permanent custody after she completed a prison sentence. The case was resolved after day long evidentiary hearing and extensive motions practice.

Secured early dismissal of individual defendant Chad Keck for lack of personal jurisdiction in multi-defendant complex litigation matter regarding United States rugby leagues in Boulder County District Court (Case No. 18CV30533).