Kevin M. Ward

Background

Ward, Kevin M. was born on June 20, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Education

State University of New York at Buffalo (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1976). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1980).

Career

Worked at Harding, Shultz & Downs (Denver, Colorado) specializing in General, appellate and trial practice before local, state and federal courts, departments and agencies. Administrative; Bankruptcy. Business; Civil; Community Associations.

Condemnation.

Condominium. Corporate and Commercial. Employment and Labor.

Environmental. Estate Planning. Interstate Commerce.

Interstate Land Sales. Litigation; Motor Carrier.

Municipal. Pension and Profit Sharing.

Probate; Products Liability. Real Estate; Reorganizations.

Tax. Transportation; and Water Rights.

Admitted to the bar, 1980, Colorado and United States. District Court, District of Colorado.

1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

1988, Montana.

Phi Eta Sigma. Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Property I. Author: "Natural Resource Damage Provisions Under CERCLA and the Oil Pollution Acting," 1992.

"Recovery of Natural Resource Damages Under CERCLA," 1990. Company-Author: Natural Resource Damages: Law and Economics, J. Wiley, 1992.

"Private Party Response Cost Recovery Under CERCLA," 1991.

"Natural Resource Damages: Recovery Under State Law Compared With Federal Laws," 1990. Law Clerk to the Honorable Daniel J. Shannon, Chief Judge, First Judicial District of Colorado, 1980-1981. Assistant Attorney General, CERCLA Litigation Section, Office of Colorado Attorney General, 1985-1988.

Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Montana, 1988—.

Member: Denver, Colorado (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law. Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law.

Litigation) Bar Associations. State Bar of Montana.

Harding, Shultz & Downs was founded in 1957 and has offices in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln, Nebraska.

Harding, Shultz & Downs has 22 lawyers (8 in Denver and 14 in Lincoln). In Nebraska, Harding, Shultz & Downs is dominant in representing public and private clients in labor relations and employment matters. The Denver office has strong business, real estate, labor and employment, and environmental practices.

The business practice services emerging companies and growth-oriented established businesses, real estate development and mortgage lending.

Both offices have significant litigation practices, focusing on complex, commercial, employment and environmental litigation. In addition, both offices handle Municipal, estate planning and transportation matters.

Achievements

• Kevin M. Ward has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Natural Resource Damage Provisions Under CERCLA and the Oil Pollution Act," 1992. "Recovery of Natural Resource Damages Under CERCLA," 1990. Co-Author: Natural Resource Damages: Law and Economics, J. Wiley, 1992.
    
    "Private Party Response Cost Recovery Under CERCLA," 1991. "Natural Resource Damages: Recovery Under State Law Compared With Federal Laws," 1990. Law Clerk to the Honorable Daniel J. Shannon, Chief Judge, First Judicial District of Colorado, 1980-1981.
    
    Assistant Attorney General, CERCLA Litigation Section, Office of Colorado Attorney General, 1985-1988. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Montana, 1988?.

Membership

Member: Denver, Colorado (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law. Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law. Litigation) Bar Associations.

State Bar of Montana.