Overview

Kyle practices a broad variety of natural resources law from natural resources-related transactions to water rights. He assists clients with various energy and mining transactions, and with general corporate matters. He also assists clients with the full range of water resources issues, including water court and administrative matters for groundwater and surface water.

Kyle graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where he was a Sturm Law Scholar and focused his studies on natural resources, environmental, corporate, and transactional law. He gained experience during law school in externships with the Honorable David Furman at the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Natural Resources and Environment Section of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Also, while at the Sturm College of Law, he earned an Environmental and Natural Resources Law Certificate and served as a Managing Editor and then the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Denver Water Law Review.

Prior to law school, Kyle served in the United States Air Force and studied philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In his free time, he enjoys running, reading, and being outdoors to experience all that the Mountain West has to offer.

Practice Areas

• Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Corporate
• Environmental
• Mining
• Oil & Gas Transactions
• Real Estate
• Renewable & Alternative Energy
• Water Rights

Honors

• Written Content Vice Chair, Water Resources Committee, Section of Environment, Energy, & Resources, American Bar Association, 2022–current
• Speaker, Section of Environment, Energy, & Resources, Environmental Law Society Network’s Student Involvement Day, American Bar Association, 2022
• Editor-in-Chief, University of Denver Water Law Review, 2021–22
• Articles Vice Chair, Water Resources Committee, Section of Environment, Energy, & Resources, American Bar Association, 2021–22
• Managing Editor, University of Denver Water Law Review, 2020–21
• Treasurer, Land Use Law Society, Sturm College of Law, 2020–21
• Student Advisory Board Member, Center for Values and Social Policy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2017–18

Publications

• Chapter L: Energy Infrastructure, Siting, and Reliability 2021 Annual Report, ABA Section of Env’t, Energy, & Res. (2022) (contributor).
• Court Report, Cahaba Riverkeeper v. U.S. EPA, 938 F.3d 1157 (11th Cir. 2019), 23 Denv. Water L. Rev. 267 (2020).

Education

• J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2022
  • Sturm Law Scholar
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Law Certificate
• B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2018

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 2022