Of Counsel Cheyenne Office 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 450 Cheyenne, WY 82001-3162 Phone: 307-778-4227 Fax: 307-778-8175 jscoggin@hollandhart.com

PRACTICE AREAS

Natural Resources Water Rights Water Quality Environmental Compliance Historic Preservation Litigation

Ms. Scoggin's practice includes several environmental and natural resource law areas including water, environmental compliance and permitting, public lands, the National Environmental Policy Act, mining, and oil and gas. She also handles some construction litigation and general tort litigation.

She has successfully defended challenges to projects before the Interior Board of Land Appeals and litigated a variety of issues in state and federal court, including water rights, NEPA, and other environmental matters. She also has experience working with many Wyoming administrative agencies, including the State Engineer's Office, the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments, and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.

Before joining Holland & Hart's Cheyenne office in 2003, Ms. Scoggin served as an assistant Attorney General for the Wyoming Attorney General's Office where she represented the Wyoming State Engineer's Office in the Big Horn River General Adjudication. Ms. Scoggin also counseled the Wyoming State Engineer regarding water policy matters and general water law and permitting issues.

Prior to law school, Ms. Scoggin worked as a journalist and a business communications professional in Houston, Texas and Alberta, Canada.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, Wyoming State Bar

Member, Colorado State Bar

Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Inns of Court, Ewing T. Kerr Chapter

Member, Public Lands Committee, Petroleum Association of Wyoming

Member, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

Ms. Scoggin is licensed to practice before the United States District Court for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming. She is also licensed to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

EDUCATION

University of Wyoming (J.D., 1999)
  Articles Editor, Land and Water Law Review (1998-1999)
  Board of Advocates, Vice President, Client Counseling Competition

University of Arizona (M.A., 1990)
  Journalism

University of Wyoming (B.S., 1988)