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Sarah Klahn represents public and private clients in a variety of matters involving surface water rights, ground water rights, water quality and water pollution, including permitting issues, and surface damage issues related to coalbed methane development. She has handled water rights matters before the Colorado Water Courts and the Snake River Basin Adjudication in Idaho. She has also appeared on behalf of clients in various judicial and administrative forums, including the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, the Colorado Water Quality Control Division, the U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, and Colorado District Courts. She teaches and lectures widely on water-related topics. Areas Of Practice:
Water & Riparian Rights
Water Quality
Natural Resources Law
Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Colorado, 1997
Wyoming, 1997
New Mexico, 1998
United States District Court, District of Wyoming, 2002
Idaho, 2008
United States Supreme Court, 2008
United States District Court, District of Colorado, 2008
Education:
University of Wyoming, College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming, 1997
-J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
-Cum laude
-President, Board of Advocates
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1987
-M.S., Master of Science, Entomology
-With Honors
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1984
-B.A., Bachelor of Arts, Biology
Published Works:
• Assistant Editor - Year in Review, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (2006 - present)
• Editor - Water Law, Colo. Methods of Practice 312 (C. Krendl 5th ed. 2007, Revised Annually)
• The "Developed" Water Doctrine in Colorado: What Vitality, ABA Trends (May/June 2007)
• A Watershed Year Ahead?: The Top Water Quality Issues in 2006, (Co-Author Jason Turner) Envtl. Protection Mag. (Jan./Feb. 2006)
• Acquisition of Water Rights, (Co-Author Jason V. Turner) Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Found., Am. L. Mining 2d, ch. 113 (2004)
• Plumbing the Murky Depths: Top Issues in Water Quality in 2004, Envtl. Protection Mag. (Jan./Feb. 2004)
• The Blind Man and the Elephant: Describing Drought in Colorado, 6 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 519 (2003)
• Water Quality Protections to Water Rights in Colorado, ABA Water Resources Newsletter (Sept. 2001)
• Effluent Reuse in Colorado, American Water Resources Association, Summer Specialty Conferences Proceedings (1999)
• Environmental Audits in Wyoming: A Practitioner's Guide, 23 Land & Water L. Rev. 655 (1997)
• Total Maximum Daily Load Litigation: An Opportunity to Augment Instream Flows?, Rivers (Apr. 1997)
Representative Cases:
• Vance v. Wolfe, No. 07SA293 (Colo. Apr. 20, 2009)
• Gallegos v. Colorado Ground Water Comm'n, 147 P.3d 20 (Colo. 2006)
• City of Thornton v. City & County of Denver, 44 P.3d 1019 (Colo. 2002)
• Eagle Peak Farms, Ltd. v. Lost Creek Ground Water Mgmt. Dist., 7 P.3d 1006 (Colo. App. 1999)
Representative Clients:
• City of Sterling, Colorado
• City of Thornton, Colorado
• Powder River Basin Resource Council
• Weaver Ranch, Inc.
Classes & Seminars Taught:
• Speaker, Coalbed Methane Development and Groundwater Pumping: Should CBM Producers Be Required to Comply with Colorado Water Statutes?, CLE International, Colorado Water Law, March 2007
• Speaker, Water Quality in Colorado Water Rights Cases, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Denver, Colorado, Oct. 13, 2006
• Adjunct Professor, Water Law, University of Denver College of Law, 2002 - Present
• Speaker, Fundamentals of Water Law in Colorado, NBI-CLE, Denver, Colorado, 2002 - 2006
• Western Water Law CLE - Chair, CLE International, 2003
• The Sleeping Giants: Nonpoint Sources, TMDLs, and Implications for Water Quality, 2003
• Speaker, Nonpoint Source Control: Can Pronsolino Happen Here?, Western Water Law Conference, CLE International, Denver, Colorado, 2001
• Speaker, Water Reuse: A Right or a Privilege?, Annual Water Resources Conference, American Water Resources Association, Point Clear, Alabama, Nov. 16, 1998
• Speaker, Legal Framework for TMDLs, Wyoming Section Annual Symposium, American Water Resources Association, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Nov. 14, 1997
Professional Associations and Memberships:
• American Bar Association
-Water Resources Conference, San Diego, CA - Conference Co-Chair (2005 - present)
-Water Resources Conference, San Diego, CA - Planning Committee Member (2004)
• American Planning Association, Colorado Chapter
-Member, Board of Directors
• Colorado Bar Association
-Executive Board Member, Water Section
• Colorado Women's Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association
• New Mexico Bar Association
• Wyoming Bar Association
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