Experience

City of Boulder
• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Assistant City Attorney

  • Jan 2021 - Present

Somach Simmons & Dunn
• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Attorney

  • Aug 2019 - Dec 2020

Law of the Rockies LLC
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Special Counsel

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2019


Vranesh & Raisch, LLP

• United States
• Legal Services

• Attorney

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2018

  Water law, water rights title issues, and water project development, including: Adjudication of conditional and absolute water rights, both surface and underground. Development, adjudication, and administration of plans for augmentation, changes of water rights, exchange cases, and substitute water supply plans. Resolving well permit issues. Evaluation, including title examination, of water rights purchase and sale transactions. Representation of municipalities, special districts, ditch companies, water users associations, and individual water users. Show less


Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, LLC
• Attorney

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012


State of Colorado

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Clerk to the Honorable James F. Hartmann

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2011

  Researched and wrote legal memoranda and opinions in water and civil matters; read and digest all motions and briefs submitted to the Water Court; track case and trial management for all water cases before the Water Judge; assist the Water Judge at trial. Researched and wrote legal memoranda and opinions in water and civil matters; read and digest all motions and briefs submitted to the Water Court; track case and trial management for all water cases before the Water Judge; assist the Water Judge at trial.



Western Environmental Law Center

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Law Clerk

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Assisted attorneys in researching and drafting a brief for federal court on NEPA and FLPMA issues, drafted a Freedom of Information Act Request and Appeal, and researched and wrote about global warming in the context of environmental law. Assisted attorneys in researching and drafting a brief for federal court on NEPA and FLPMA issues, drafted a Freedom of Information Act Request and Appeal, and researched and wrote about global warming in the context of environmental law.



United States District Court

• Law Practice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Judicial Intern

  • Oct 2008 - May 2009

  Maintained opinion and order bank, managed closed case files, organized materials in active case files, attended oral arguments, and updated the chambers library. Maintained opinion and order bank, managed closed case files, organized materials in active case files, attended oral arguments, and updated the chambers library.



Stoel Rives LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Clerk

  • 2008 - 2008

  Legal research and writing on jurisdictional issues for a Washington Supreme Court case, wrote a response to a document request, and wrote a response to a Clean Water Act notice of violation. Legal research and writing on jurisdictional issues for a Washington Supreme Court case, wrote a response to a document request, and wrote a response to a Clean Water Act notice of violation.