MARY MEAD HAMMOND

EDUCATION:
Harvard University A.B. Magna Cum Laude 1975
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard University J.D. 1979


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Admitted to practice in Colorado 1979
Admitted to practice in the United States
District Court for the District of Colorado 1979
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Colorado Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1986 - Present: Member, Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, L.L.C. Representing various state, municipal, agricultural, development, and individual interests in all aspects of surface and underground water rights adjudications, including obtaining water rights, opposing water rights filings of others, augmentation plans, exchanges, development of water supply and water quality issues. Attorney for individuals, companies, and municipalities appearing before administrative and permitting agencies with jurisdiction over ground water, surface water and water quality. Work closely with organizations representing Colorado water interests in preparing, monitoring and lobbying for or against proposed state and federal legislation and agency rules that affect those interests. Advise clients on a day-to-day basis on the administration of water rights throughout Colorado.

1985-1986: Associate, Law Office of John U. Carlson, practice emphasizing the same.

1979-1985: Associate, Holland & Hart, practice emphasizing the same.

SELECTED APPELLATE CASES:
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist. v. Cache Creek Min. Trust, 854 P.2d 167 (Colo.,1993).

City of Westminster v. City of Broomfield, 769 P.2d 490 (Colo.,1989.)

Amax, Inc. v. Colorado Water Quality Control Comm'n, 790 P.2d 879 (Colo.App.,1989).

Farmers High Line Canal and Reservoir Co. v. City of Golden, 975 P.2d 189 (Colo.,1999).

Farmer's Reservoir and Irrigation Co. v. Consolidated Mutual Water Co., 33 P.3d 799 (Colo.,2001).

Farmers Reservoir and Irr. Co. v. City of Golden, 44 P.3d 241 (Colo.,2002).


RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Federal Instream Flow Reserved Water Rights: New Decisions with Big Impacts, 46 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 25-1 (2000)