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Kim R. Lawrence
Lind Lawrence & Ottenhoff LLP
355 Eastman Park Drive
Suite 200
Windsor, CO 80550-6229

Communication Center

Phone:

(970) 674-7088
(866) 930-4138 (Toll Free)

E-mail:

kim@llolaw.com

Fax:

(970) 674-9535

Web site:

http://www.llolaw.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions
Education	Affiliations	Representative Cases

Kim has practiced water law since 1978. He is one of the founding partners of the firm. He represents numerous ditch and reservoir companies, water districts, designated basins, towns, corporations and individuals in water right matters. He heads the LL&O Water Section and has decreed numerous surface, groundwater and non-tributary groundwater rights. He represents the largest well augmentation plans in the State of Colorado, which are located in the South Platte Basin, and has decreed augmentation plans for over 2000 irrigation wells since 2002. Kim is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars on water rights. Under his leadership the LL&O Water Section has grown to include five full time water attorneys who provide continuing legal services to LL&O water clients. As the demand for water rights, changes of water rights and augmentation plans has increased, this area of the law has become more litigious. The LL&O Water Section pioneered the application of electronic documents, exhibits and presentations in the court room in Water Division No. 1, as well as in filings with the State Engineer. LL&O continues to serve its clients efficiently by electronic communication and transmission of electronic documents. The LL&O Water Section provides full electronic litigation and litigation support which provides the best representation and service to our clients.

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Areas Of Practice:: Applications for New Water Rights, Change of Water Rights; Plans for Augmentation, Substitute Water Supply Plans; Alternate Points of Diversion and Well Permits; Statement of Opposition; Purchase and Sale of Water Rights; Ditch and Reservoir Easements and Rights of Way; Ditch and Reservoir Companies and Water User's Associations

Bar Admissions:: Colorado, 1977; U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1977

Education:: University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado, 1977; Juris Doctor; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1976; Master of Public Administration; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1973; B.A.; Honors: magna cum laude; Major: Economics

Representative Cases:: Harmony Ditch, et al. v. GMS, 136 P.3d 899 (Colo. 2006); Centennial Water and Sanitation District v. Logan Well Users, Inc. (2006); Harmony Ditch Company, et al. v. Sedgwick County Well Users, WL3618606 (2006); Goss v. Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District, 993 P.2d 1177, 1189 (Colo. 1999); Eagle Peak Farms v. Lost Creek Ground Water Management District, WL 771014 (1999); City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Company, 926 P.2d 1 (1996); Central Colorado Water Conservancy District v. State Engineer, 877 P.2d 335 (1994); City of Thornton v. Clear Creek Water User's Alliance, 859 P.2d 1348 (1993); Zigan Sand and Gravel, Inc. v. Cache La Poudre, 758 P.2d 175 (Colo. 1988); Trans-County Water, Inc. v. Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, 727 P.2d 60 (Colo. 1986); Harvey v. Dyer, 731 P.2d 777 (Colo.App. 1986); Electrolux, Corp. v. Lawson, P.2d 340 (1982); U.S. v. City and County of Denver, 656 P.2d 36 (1982)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: "Conflicts in Groundwater Administration", Colorado Water Law Conference, March 8, 2007; "Current Developments in Water Division No.1", Colorado Water Law Conference, March 7, 2005; "Update on the South Platte River-Dealing with the Shortage of Supply", Colorado Water Law Conference, March 11, 2004; "Groundwater Use in the South Platte River", Colorado Water Law Conference, February 26, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Colorado Bar Association, Water Law Section, 1977 - Present; Weld County Bar Association, 1977 - Present; First Presbyterian Church, Greeley, Colorado, 1983 - Present; Elder and Commissioned Lay Pastor; City of Greeley Water and Sewer Board, 1989 - 1994; Hospice of Weld County, 1985 - 1989

Birth Information:: June 26, 1952, Portland, Oregon, United States of America