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Of Counsel
Aspen Office
600 East Main Street, Suite 104
Aspen, CO 81611-1991
Phone: 970-925-6890
Fax: 866-784-7682
mehamilton@hollandhart.com |
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Water Rights
Real Estate
Land Use
Local Government
Associated 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 is admitted to practice before Colorado state courts and the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado.
PUBLICATIONS 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).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Member, Colorado Bar Association
Member, Ninth Judicial District Bar Association
Chair, Water Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
PUBLISHED CASES
Town of Carbondale v. GSS Properties LLC, 169 P.3d 675 (Colo. 2007)
Town of Carbondale v. GSS Properties, L.L.C., 140 P.3d 53 (Colo. App. 2005)
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))
EDUCATION
University of Colorado (J.D., 1994)
Staff Editor, University of Colorado Law Review
University of Virginia (B.S., 1991)
McIntire School of Commerce
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