Overview

Kyle represents clients in natural resources and business matters with a focus on water law and transactional work.

Kyle helps clients navigate the full range of water resources issues for surface and ground water, including due diligence, transactions, leasing, permitting, and water court litigation.  He represents water and wastewater utilities, electric utilities, agricultural water users, real estate developers, other various commercial and industrial water users, non-profits, and individuals.

Additionally, he assists clients with transactional and corporate matters, including natural resources transactions, corporate transactions, entity formation and dissolution, and other related business issues. His experience spans several industries, from energy and agriculture to construction and real estate.

Kyle is a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where he was a Sturm Law Scholar and Editor-in-Chief of the University of Denver Water Law Review.  He gained experience during law school with the Honorable David Furman at the Colorado Court of Appeals, a water resources start-up company, and the Natural Resources and Environment Section of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.

Prior to law school, Kyle served in the U.S. Air Force and then studied at the University of Colorado in 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, 2022–23
• 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
• Sturm Law Scholar, 2019–22
• Student Advisory Board Member, Center for Values and Social Policy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2017–18

Publications

• From a Legal Perspective: Relevant Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, The Rocky Mountain Landman (Denver Association of Professional Landmen, Denver, Colorado), December 2022, at 7.
• Chapter L: Energy Infrastructure, Siting, and Reliability 2021 Annual Report, ABA Section of Env’t, Energy, & Res. (2022) (contributed Solar & Storage and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sections).
• 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 / Qualifications

• Colorado, 2022