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Carlson, Hammond
& Paddock, L.L.C., was founded in 1986, when the late John Carlson,
(1940-1992), Mary Mead (Mooey) Hammond, and Bill Paddock established
a firm to serve clients primarily in water rights, water quality,
and related environmental, civil litigation, real property, and
public lands matters. John Carlson had a distinguished career in
water law and was considered by many to be the "Dean"
of Colorado Water Law. Mooey Hammond practiced with John for some
6 years before the founding of the firm, and Bill Paddock brought
experience and expertise from over 5 years in the Water Rights Section
at the Colorado Attorney General's Office.
Since its founding,
Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, L.L.C., has grown from time to time
and changed with the addition of new members and associates, each
of whom has made his or her own contribution to the firm, which
retains its absolute commitment to providing the highest quality
service for its clients. The firm has and continues to serve a wide
variety of clients in a variety of matters, including adjudication
of water rights and related diligence cases, opposition to potentially
injurious water right proceedings, adjudication of complex changes
of water right, augmentation plans and exchange programs in Colorado's
Water Courts; complex transactional matters, such as acquisition
and sale of extensive land and water rights and related water infrastructure,
negotiation and development of environmental remediation and protection
plans, participation in water infrastructure bond financing; representation
in Water Quality administrative matters, such as standard setting
and permitting proceedings; representation of public and private
clients in connection with proceedings for adjudication of federal
reserved water rights; and civil litigation matters. Members of
the firm are active in a variety of community and civic matters,
and write and speak regularly on topics of interest to the water
community in legal and other seminars.
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