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| • | Best Lawyers in America - four listings: water law, land use & zoning law, natural resources, and environmental law |
| • | Mountain States Super Lawyers - energy and natural resources |
| • | Chambers USA – Band 1 highest ranking for natural resources and environment |
| • | Marquis’ Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law |
| • | Who’s Who Legal – Environment, a London-based listing of the top environmental lawyers in the world |
| • | Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America |
| • | Martindale-Hubbell – highest ranking (AV) |
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| • | J.D., University of Michigan, 1981 - cum laude |
| • | B.S. in Economics, University of Michigan, 1977 - High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Osterweil Prize in Economics, James B. Angell Scholar |
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| • | Partner, Givens Pursley LLP (1991-present) |
| • | Counsel, National Wildlife Federation, Rocky Mountain Natural Resources Clinic, Boulder, Colorado (1984-1991) |
| • | Associate Professor Adjunct, University of Colorado Law School, Boulder, Colorado (1984-1991) |
| • | Counsel, National Wildlife Federation, Water Resources Program, Washington, D.C. (1981-1984) |
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| • | Fereday, Meyer & Creamer, Water Law Handbook: The Acquisition, Use, Transfer, Administration, and Management of Water Rights in Idaho, Givens Pursley (2010) |
| • | Allen, Meyer, et al., Idaho Land Use Planning Handbook, Givens Pursley (2010) |
| • | Meyer, Road Law Handbook: Road Creation and Abandonment Law in Idaho, Givens Pursley (2010) |
| • | Meyer, Ethics Handbook: Ethical Considerations for the Client and Lawyer in Idaho, Givens Pursley (2010) |
| • | Meyer, Idaho Chapter Author for Brownfields Law and Practice, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. (2003) (named Best Law Book of the Year by the American Association of Publishers) |
| • | Meyer, A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property (Idaho Chapter), American Bar Association (2002) |
| • | Allen, Himberger, Honhorst & Meyer, Land Use Law in Idaho, National Business Institute (1999) |
| • | Meyer, Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Idaho, University of Idaho (1999) |
| • | Meyer, Complying with Environmental and Special Use Regulations, in Land Use Law in Idaho, National Business Institute (1999) |
| • | Meyer, Municipal Water Rights in Idaho: The Growing Communities Doctrine and Its Recent Codification, Northwest Water Law & Policy Project (1996) |
| • | Meyer, Small Handles on Big Projects: The Federalization of Private Undertakings, 41 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 5-1 (1995) |
| • | Meyer, Instream Flows: Integrating New Uses and New Players into the Prior Appropriation System, in Instream Flow Protection in the West, Natural Resource Law Center (1993) |
| • | Meyer, Water Conservation: Looks Can Deceive, in River Voices (1993) |
| • | Meyer, Instream Flows: Coming of Age in America, in Proceedings of the Western Regional Instream Flow Conference (1989) |
| • | Meyer, Western Water Law: The New Frontier, in Audubon Wildlife Report (1989) |
| • | Meyer, New Developments in Water Rights on Public Lands: Federal Rights and State Interests, paper presented at conference sponsored by the Natural Resource Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (1987) |
| • | Meyer, Navigating the Wetlands Jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers, 9 Resource L. Notes 3, Natural Resources Law Center (1986) |
| • | Meyer, Two papers published in Winning Strategies for Rivers: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual National Conference on Rivers, American Rivers Conservation Council (1985) |
| • | Osann, Campbell, Meyer, & Allemang, Shortchanging the Treasury: The Failure of the Department of the Interior to Comply with the Inspector General’s Audit Recommendations to Recover the Costs of Federal Water Projects, National Wildlife Federation (1984) |
| • | Anderson, Campbell & Meyer, Solving the Water Crisis, V-7 Policy Report 9, the Cato Institute (1983) |
| • | Meyer, Sporhase v. Nebraska: A Spur to Better Water Resource Management, 1 The Environmental Forum 28, Environmental Law Institute (1983) |
| • | Burwell & Meyer, A Citizen’s Guide to Clean Air and Transportation: Implications for Urban Revitalization, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1980) |
| • | Meyer, The Effects of Labor Organization on the Functional Distribution of Income in Manufacturing Industries in the United States for the Years 1948 through 1972, Senior Honors Thesis, University of Michigan (1978) |
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| • | Sopatyk v. Lemhi County, Case No. CV-07-402 (Idaho, Seventh Judicial Dist., Oct 22, 2009) (successfully defending County's validation of Anderson Creek Road). |
| • | Galli v. Idaho County, 146 Idaho 155, 191 P.3d 233 (2008) (amicus brief in public access case). |
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Cove Springs Development, Inc. v. Blaine County, Case No. CV2008-22 (Idaho, Fifth Judicial Dist., June 3, 2008) (declaring unlawful and unconstitutional various exaction and comprehensive plan ordinance provisions). |
| • | Schaefer v. City of Sun Valley, Case No. CV-06-882 (Idaho, Fifth Judicial Dist. July 3, 2007) (declaring unconstitutional Sun Valley’s affordable housing fee). |
| • | American Falls Reservoir Dist. No. 2 v. Idaho Dep’t of Water Resources, 2007 WL 677947 (Idaho, Mar. 5, 2007) (conjunctive management of ground and surface water) |
| • | Chisholm v. Idaho Department of Water Resources, 142 Idaho 159, 125 P.3d 515 (2005) (water rights—local public interest) |
| • | Davisco Foods Int’l, Inc. v. Gooding County, 141 Idaho 784, 118 P.3d 116 (2005) (land use) |
| • | Farrell v. Board of County Comm’rs of Lemhi County, 138 Idaho 378, 64 P.3d 304 (2002) (public road access—the Indian Creek Road case) |
| • | Potlatch Corp. v. United States, 134 Idaho 916, 12 P.3d 1260 (2000) (wilderness water rights) |
| • | State v. Hagerman Water Right Owners, Inc., 130 Idaho 727, 947 P.2d 400 (1997) (partial forfeiture water rights case) |
| • | Fremont-Madison Irrigation Dist. v. Idaho Ground Water Appropriators, Inc., 129 Idaho 454, 926 P.2d 1301 (1996) (interpretation of water right amnesty statute) |
| • | State, ex rel. Higginson v. United States, 128 Idaho 246, 912 P.2d 614 (1995) (constitutionality of SRBA amendments –water law) |
| • | Nebraska v. Rural Electrification Administration, 23 F.3d 1336 (8th Cir. 1994) (scope of trust’s authority to litigate) |
| • | State v. Morros, 766 P.2d 263 (Nev. 1988) (instream flows recognized under state law) |
| • | Catherland Reclamation Dist. v. Lower Platte North Natural Resources Dist., 433 N.W.2d 161 (Neb. 1988) (water rights and state endangered species act) |
| • | Hitchcock and Red Willow Irrigation Dist. v. Lower Platte North Natural Resources Dist., 410 N.W.2d 101 (Neb. 1987) (right to build water project) |
| • | Tulalip Tribes of Washington v. FERC, 732 F.2d 1451 (9th Cir. 1985) (hydropower licensing) |
| • | Escondido Mutual Water Co. v. La Jolla Band of Mission Indians, 466 U.S. 765 (1984) (mitigation for hydroelectric developments on public lands) |
| • | National Wildlife Fed’n v. Marsh, 568 F. Supp. 985 (D.D.C. 1983) (administrative law under NEPA) |
| • | Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas, 458 U.S. 941 (1982) (ban on water export in violation of commerce clause) (brief available at 1982 WL 608572) |
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| • | Local Public Interest Amendments (water rights), 2003 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 298, codified at Idaho Code § 42-202B(3), 42-203A(5), 42-222(1), 42-240(5), 42-1763 |
| • | Idaho Municipal Water Rights Act, 1996 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 297, codified at Idaho Code § 42-202(2), 42-202B, 42-217(“4.”), 42-219(1) & (2), 42-222(1), 42-223(2), 43-335, 43-338)) |
| • | Idaho Administrative Procedure Act, logical outgrowth rule, Idaho Code § 67-5227 |
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| • | Idaho State Bar |
| • | Colorado State Bar |
| • | District of Columbia State Bar |
| • | U.S. District Court (U.S. District Court, 8th, 9th, 10th Circuits) |
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| For twenty-eight years, Chris has been a leader in the fields of water law, land use entitlement law, environmental law, road and public access law, administrative law, and constitutional law. He is described in the Idaho Yearbook Directory as “centrally located in the world of Idaho public affairs” and “a key figure in Idaho water law.” He has served for over a decade as coordinator of the Idaho Environmental Forum, the largest environmental policy group in the state. Before joining Givens Pursley in 1991, Chris taught water law, negotiation, and environmental law at the University of Colorado Law School. Prior to that, he practiced environmental law in Washington, D.C. Chris has written extensively on natural resource law subjects and is a frequent speaker at forums throughout the United States. Chris has broad experience in transactions involving land use and water rights. He also has extensive litigation experience and has played a significant role in shaping legislation. |
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