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P. Andrew Jones
Lind Lawrence & Ottenhoff LLP
355 Eastman Park Drive
Suite 200
Windsor, CO 80550-6229

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Phone:

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

E-mail:

paj@llolaw.com

Fax:

(970) 674-9535

Web site:

http://www.llolaw.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions
Education	Published Works	Affiliations
Representative Cases

Mr. Jones' practice concentrates on water rights and water quality issues, with particular emphasis on groundwater matters and legal issues arising out of the interaction between surface and ground water systems. A graduate of Vermont Law School, one of the nation's leading environmental law schools, he has extensive experience representing water districts, individuals, and corporate clients in litigation at trial and appellate levels in cases ranging in size from individual water rights matters to complex, basin-wide, multi-party litigation. His experience extends to legislative, administrative, and policy forums, where he represents clients' interests in the development of water law and policy. He was recently appointed by the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court to serve on a Committee created to study potential reform of Colorado's water court system. He teaches classes on water rights issues, and is a frequently requested guest speaker in educational forums. Mr. Jones' first book, Colorado Water Rights for Non-Lawyers, written in cooperation with Thomas V. Cech, author of Principles of Water Resources: History, Development and Policy, was released in April 2009, and available through the University Press of Colorado.

Appointments

Water Court Committee, Colorado Supreme Court, December 2007- current. Appointed by Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary J. Mullarkey to serve on a Committee charged with reviewing Colorado's Water Court process, identifying possible ways through rule and/or statutory change to achieve efficiencies in water court cases, and ensuring the highest level of competence in water court case participants.

Public Service and Community Affiliations

Outward Bound Graduate, Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, 1986.
Former President, Board of Directors, Windsor Charter Academy, Windsor, CO.
Former Board Member, Weld County Legal Services.
Teacher, AIMS Community College 2005-2008 , Greeley, CO.
Board Member, Board of Elders, Southgate Church, Fort Collins, CO. 2004-present.

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Areas Of Practice:: Water Rights; Appellate Practice; Special Districts and Mutual Water Organizations; Complex Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Colorado, 1997; U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1997

Education:: Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont, May, 1997; Juris Doctor; Honors: National Dean's List: 1994-95, 1995-96; Honors: American Jurisprudence Award: Criminal Law; Honors: Class Rank: Top 1/3. Focus of Specialized Course Work: Environmental Law; Honors: Visiting Student, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Spring 1996; Law Review: Notes Editor, Vermont Law Review; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, May, 1994; B.A.; Major: History

Published Works:: Statutory and Rule Changes to Water Court Practice, Colo. Lawyer, June, 2009; Interstate Testimony by Child Protective Agency Workers in the Child Custody Context, 21 VT.L.Rev. 633, 1996; Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers, University Press of Colorado, 2009

Representative Cases:: Eagle Peak Farms, Ltd. v. Lost Creek Ground Water Management District, 7 P.3d 1006 (Colo. App. 1999); Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District v. Goss, 993 P.2d 1177 (Colo. 2000); In re Water Rights of Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, 147 P.3d 9 (Colo. 2006); Cherokee Metropolitan District v. Simpson, 148 P.3d 142 (Colo. 2006); Gallegos v. Colorado Ground Water Commission, 147 P.3d 30 (Colo. 2006); Application of Well Augmentation Subdistrict of Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, Colorado Division One Water Court (South Platte River) (2007)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: "Law Hydrology, and Reality", AIMS Community College, Greeley, Colorado, 2005 - 2008; "Well Augmentation Subdistrict Augmentation Plan Trial", Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2008; Guest Lecturer: Colorado State University, University of Northern Colorado, Colorado Ground Water Association

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Colorado Bar Association; Weld County Bar Association; Outward Bound Graduate, Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, 1986 - Present; Windsor Charter Academy, Windsor, Colorado; Former President; Windsor Charter Academy, Windsor, Colorado; Board of Directors; Weld County Legal Services; Former Board Member; Southgate Church, Fort Collins, Colorado; Board of Elders