Of Counsel Aspen Office 600 East Main Street, Suite 104 Aspen, CO 81611-1991 Phone: 970-925-3476 Fax: 866-784-7682 mehamilton@hollandhart.com

PRACTICE AREAS

Business Real Estate Water Rights Land Use Local Government Civil Litigation

Mr. Hamilton represents a variety of local governments, landowners, developers and homeowners associations on Colorado's Western Slope in matters concerning water rights and water quality, local government and municipal law, real estate and land use planning, and associated civil litigation. He also serves as Town Attorney for the Town of Carbondale, Colorado.

Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Mr. Hamilton was a shareholder and director of Caloia, Houpt & Hamilton, P.C., in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

Mr. Hamilton currently serves as the team leader for the firm's water practice. He is admitted to practice before Colorado state courts and the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Published Cases

Town of Carbondale v. GSS Properties, L.L.C., 169 P.3d 675 (Colo. 2007).

Town of Carbondale v. GSS Properties, L.L.C., 140 P.3d 53 (Colo. App. 2005) (cert. granted)

Watson v. Vouga Reservoir Association, 969 P.2d 815 (Colo. App. 1998)

George v. Ute Water Conservancy District, 950 P.2d 1195 (Colo. App. 1997)

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Member, Colorado Bar Association

Member, Ninth Judicial District Bar Association

Chair, Water Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association (2007-2009), Executive Committee (2010-2013)

Co-Chair, CBA Annual Water, Environmental, Agricultural, Natural Resources and Energy Law Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, June 25-27, 2009.

Planning Committee, CBA Annual Water, Environmental, Agricultural, Natural Resources and Energy Law Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, August 14-16, 2008.

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Lecturer, Co-chair, CBA Water Rights for Real Estate Attorneys Seminar, Denver, CO, February 17, 2009

Lecturer, CLE International Colorado Water Law Superconference, Denver, CO, March 14, 2008.

Lecturer, Chair, CBA Water Rights Adjudication Seminar, Denver, CO, October 19, 2007

Lecturer, Co-chair, CBA Water Rights Conveyancing Seminar, Denver, CO, April 7, 2006.

Lecturer, CBA Annual Water Law Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, June 17-18, 2005.

Lecturer, Colorado Mountain News Media, Water Law Seminar, Eagle, CO, August 23, 2004.

Lecturer, Glenwood Springs Area Board of Realtors, Water Law Seminar, Glenwood Springs, CO, October 13, 1999.

Lecturer, Upper Arkansas Watershed Council, Future Water Leadership Seminar, Colorado Mountain College, Leadville Campus, October 1, 1999.

Lecturer, Mesa County Water Association, Annual Water Law Course, 1998.

Author, "The Can and Will Doctrine of Colorado Revised Statute Section 37-92-305(9)(b): Changing the Nature of Conditional Water Rights in Colorado," 65 Univ. of Colorado Law Review 947 (1994).

Co-author, "The Water Rights Determination and Administration Act of 1969: A Western Slope Perspective on the First Thirty Years," 3 Univ. of Denver Water Law Review 39 (1999).

EDUCATION

University of Colorado School of Law (J.D. 1994)
  Staff Editor, University of Colorado Law Review

University of Virginia (B.S. 1991)
  McIntire School of Commerce