Specialized expertise in Colorado water law &

related disciplines

CWC integrates my traditionally-acquired skill, knowledge & experience in all the interdisciplinary aspects of Colorado water resource law, and delivers that to clients through a unique two-person practice model that originated in the mold of the modern era rather than adapting to it.

The entire legal industry has been undergoing a permanent structural transformation since the dawn of the internet, on the same order of change as that from typewriters & document warehouses to computer word processing & digital data storage. The post-pandemic era touched off a new stage of accelerated progression—rapid technological advancement combined with the remote communication platforms and enduring professional customs that took shape during that preceding period. This environment has created a rich new space for practices such as mine to emerge. CWC is a remote, essentially paperless outfit operating with bare minimum fixed overhead. I pass the attendant cost savings on to clients in the form of uniquely competitive fee arrangements and highly incentivized travel policies, all promoting my foundational aim of cultivating deep, longstanding client relationships.

The legal profession is inherently conservative and tradition-bound, for good reason. As someone born in the waning end of the analog era, and coming of age alongside the digital one, my operation similarly straddles both worlds. I rely on cutting edge practice tools to deliver clients a service that accomplishes more with less, while acknowledging the enduring value of convention by conceiving of CWC as an enterprise founded on innovation but not chained to it—I still have a printer & fax machine, can read a straight-line diagram, zealously adhere to the time-honored method of just picking up the phone, and believe the old spirit of the frontier remains alive in this state and its people.

PRACTICE STATEMENT

CWC’s backbone is its exclusive limitation to Colorado water resource law—specifically the water court process, along with the other specific practice areas detailed here. I have dedicated my entire legal education and professional career to that very specific ecosystem, and existed within it now for nearly a decade. I offer proven subject matter expertise in all facets of this very complicated and extremely specialized area of law; a history of significant, varied and interesting experience across all seven water divisions; and finally the interdisciplinary set of skills, knowledge, good contacts and overall acumen necessary to counsel clients holistically and to solve their problems efficiently and durably in this complicated, ever-changing environment.

♦ Highly competitive rates, and potential for custom fee arrangements offering an alternative to the rigidity of hourly billing model where feasible. I am willing to explore anything that might work—maintaining accessibility is paramount to CWC’s integrity as a purpose-driven endeavor;

♦ efficient communication of complex information utilizing a variety of mixed media like tables, charts, line diagrams and custom-created maps to accompany the text. I am extremely proficient with Microsoft and Adobe office software, along with DWR’s suite of online tools, and strive to create images that save a thousand words wherever possible;

a foundational commitment to quality, integrity, self-reliance & operational excellence; and finally

a unique two-person practice model. I am the only lawyer at the firm and personally in charge of every client’s affairs—nothing handed off or outsourced, and my business line is tied to my mobile so I am always reachable. CWC’s paralegal/firm administrator Angela is the only other member of the outfit, allowing us to operate with our own brand of efficiency and clients to trust their bases are always covered because our names, and ours alone, go on everything.