Education | | J.D., 2005, with honors, University of Wyoming College of Law | | B.S., 1988, Kansas State University |
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Distinctions | Managing Editor, Wyoming Law Review, University of Wyoming College of Law
Order of Barristers, University of Wyoming College of Law |
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Memberships | American Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
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| Bret's practice focuses on all environmental areas and water rights litigation as well as commercial and land use matters. Bret also serves on the firm’s Inclusiveness and Diversity Committee.
Prior to attending law school, Bret worked as an agricultural economist and as the director of industry affairs and media relations for a major agribusiness corporation. Bret spent four years as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) and was responsible for agriculture policy issues. |
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Representative Matters | | East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District (ECCV) acquired shares in the Burlington Ditch and sought to convert them to municipal use. Water users opposing the application argued that the proposed change would injure their water rights by allowing ECCV to use more water after the change than the Burlington farmers had when using the water for agricultural purposes. In 2008, the Division 1 water court agreed and found ECCV's proposed use injurious, on May 31, 2011 the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the decision. Brownstein lead a group of five opposers at trial and on appeal. | | Brownstein defended Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V. against a local environmental group in New Mexico seeking to appeal an air quality permit. | | Represent Honeywell International Inc. in its biofuels certification and Department of Energy grant processes. | | Provided strategic counsel to Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. in establishing federal-level guidance for a nutrient trading program and in evaluating the possibility of a cellulosic-styled tax credit that would apply to Bion's process for producing cellulose-based renewable energy. | | Advised Gunnison Energy on issues related to compliance with Colorado's evolving water laws governing water produced from coal bed methane wells. | | view all >> |
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