Background
Shimmin, Michael D. was born on January 10, 1953 in Fort Morgan, Colorado, United States.
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Michael D. Shimmin
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Colorado State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). University of Colorado (Juris Doctor, 1978).
Career
Worked at Vranesh and Raisch, Limited liability company (Boulder, Colorado) specializing in Practice Emphasizing Water Rights, Natural Resources, Environmental, Hazardous Waste, Mining, Real Property, Administrative and Land Use Law. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Colorado. Company-Author with G. Vranesh: "Competition for Dwindling Water Supplies--Legal Aspects of Groundwater--Surface Water Conflicts," 6th Annual Proceedings, Groundwater Management Districts Association, 1979.
Author: "The Six-State Ogallala Aquifer Study - A Legal Analysis," Syllabus for American Bar Association Natural Resources Section Conference, 1984.
"The Impact of Groundwater Law on Mining - A Survey of the Rules Governing Mine Dewatering and Utilization of Groundwater," Syllabus for NWWA Conference, 1984. "Statutory and Case Law History of Nontributary Groundwater," Syllabus for Colorado Water Congress Conference, 1985 and 1986.
"The Case for Allowing Diversified Uses Foreign Instream Water Rights," Syllabus for Colorado Bar Association Annual Convention, 1987. "Instream Appropriative Rights - The Fort Collins Experience," Colorado Water Congress Workshop, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September, 1992.
"Pre-Trial Case Preparation in Complex Groundwater Litigation: The Lawyer"s Role," Rocky Mountain Groundwater Conference and Cambridge University Law School Conference, Boulder, Colorado, June, 1992.
"Conflicts Between the Right to Divert and Water Quality," Colorado Water Workshop, Gunnison, Colorado, July 25, 1989. Colorado Editor, Western Water Law and Policy Report. Member: Boulder County, Colorado (Member, Water Law Section) and American (Member, Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) Bar Associations.
Colorado Groundwater Association.
Colorado Water Congress. Vranesh and Raisch is a natural resources law firm whose history goes back more than 20 years.
Our team of lawyers has significant expertise in handling matters dealing with water rights, environmental permitting and compliance, mining and real property issues.
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Membership
Member: Boulder County, Colorado (Member, Water Law Section) and American (Member, Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) Bar Associations. Colorado Groundwater Association. Colorado Water Congress.
