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A fourth generation native of Colorado, David Taussig was born in Kremmling, Colorado, November 15, 1955. He got his feet wet in water matters on the end of a shovel irrigating mountain hay meadows on the family cattle ranch. In 1982 he graduated from Colorado State University with a B.A. in History, and in 1986 obtained a J.D. from the University of Denver, College of Law. For one and one-half years he practiced law in Limon, Colorado with Robert D. Hawthorne, representing the Town of Limon in general municipal law and water matters and the First National Bank of Limon in banking and commercial litigation. Dave joined the firm in 1989 where his practice emphasizes water rights and natural resources law. Areas of Practice:
Water Law
Natural Resources Law
Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Colorado, 1987
United States District Court, District of Colorado, 1987
Education:
University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1986
-J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1982
-B.A., Bachelor of Arts
• Colorado Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers® Magazine in the areas of Litigation and Water Law (2008)
Published Works:
• The 1969 Act's Contributions to Local Governmental Water Suppliers, 3 U Den. Water L. Rev. 20 (1999)
• City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co.: The Thornton Northern Project, 26 26 Colo. Law. 67 (1997)
Representative Cases:
• Simpson v. Bijou Irrigation Co., 69 P.3d 50 (Colo. 2003)
• City of Thornton v. City & County of Denver, 44 P.3d 1019 (Colo. 2002)
• Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management Dist. v. Goss (amicus curiae), 993 P.2d 1177 (Colo. 2000)
• Eagle Peak Farms Ltd. v. Lost Creek Ground Water Management District, 7 P.3d 1006 (Colo. App. 1999)
• City of Thornton v. Bijou Irr. Co., 926 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1996)
• City of Thornton v. Clear Creek Water Users' Alliance, 859 P.2d 1348 (Colo. 1993)
Representative Clients:
• Arikaree Ground Water Management District
• Board of County Commissioners, Grand County, Colorado
• City of Thornton, Colorado
• Mile High Banks NA (formerly Horizon Banks)
• Stillwater Resources & Investment, Inc.
• Town of Deer Trail, Colorado
• Town of Genoa, Colorado
• Town of Limon, Colorado
• Town of Ordway, Colorado
• Town of Ramah, Colorado
• Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
Classes & Seminars Taught:
• Speaker, Nuts and Bolts of a Water Transfer Transaction Part 1, the Purchase Agreement, CLE International Water Marketing, Beaver Creek, Colorado, Dec. 9 & 10, 2010
• Panelist, Colorado River Current Events and Issues, Water Resources, Issues and Administration of the Colorado River Basin, CBA CLE, Denver, Colorado, Sept. 24, 2010
• Speaker, Wild and Scenic River Suitability for the Upper Colorado River, 6th Annual Water Law Conference, CBA CLE, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, June 25-27, 2009
• Speaker, Colorado Water Law Basics: The Foundation and the Future, CLE International, Denver, Colorado, Mar. 2008
• Acquisition Development and Adjudication of Water in Colorado, IPI Seminars, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 26, 2004
-With Jason V. Turner, Esq., Gregg S. Ten Eyck, P.E. and Jon R. Ford, P.E
• Speaker, Partnering a Deal: Helping Your Customers Buy and Sell Water Rights, Independent Bankers of Colorado, 16th Annual Agricultural Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Apr. 15, 2004
• Speaker, Workshop on Legal Ethics in Water and Environmental Law, Ethical Considerations in Asserting Privileges, Colorado Water Congress, Denver, Colorado, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004
• Speaker, Basics of Water Law, Farm Credit of Southern Colorado Retreat, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 12, 2003
• Speaker, Water Panel, Independent Bankers of Colorado, 15th Annual Agriculture Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Apr. 17, 2003
-With Hamilton "Chips" Barry III - Denver Water, Judge Norman L. Arends and Kent Holsinger - Department of Natural Resources
• Acquisition Development and Adjudication of Water in Colorado, IPI Seminars, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 17-18, 2001
-With Austin Hamre, Esq., Gregg S. Ten Eyck, P.E. and Jon R. Ford, P.E.
Professional Associations & Memberships:
• Arkansas Basin Round Table
• Colorado Bar Association, Water Law and Agricultural & Rural Law Sections
• Denver Bar Association
• Colorado Water Congress
• Upper Big Sandy Groundwater Management District
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