Overview

Kyle represents clients in natural resources, environmental, and business matters, including water rights litigation, renewable and traditional energy development, mining projects, environmental regulation, natural resources and corporate transactions, and general corporate matters.

Kyle’s practice reaches each facet of natural resources development. He helps clients navigate the full range of water resources issues, from the purchase and sale of water rights to water court litigation. He assists in the development and purchase and sale of renewable and traditional energy resources. And he handles regulatory and administrative law issues. Kyle also assists clients with corporate transactions and corporate organizational documents. In each area of his practice, Kyle leverages his broad skillset and focuses on providing thoughtful and effective solutions for clients.

In law school, Kyle was a Sturm Law Scholar and Editor-in-Chief of the University of Denver Water Law Review. He also gained experience with the Honorable David Furman at the Colorado Court of Appeals, a water resources start-up company, and the Natural Resources and Environment Section of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Prior to law school, Kyle served in the U.S. Air Force. In his free time, he enjoys running, reading, and being outdoors.

Practice Areas

• Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Appeals
• Corporate
• Environmental
• Litigation
• Mining
• Oil & Gas Transactions
• Public Lands
• Real Estate
• Renewable & Alternative Energy
• Water Rights

Honors

• Committee Member, Young Professionals Committee, The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, 2023–Current
• Written Content Vice Chair, Water Resources Committee, Section of Environment, Energy, & Resources, American Bar Association, 2022–23
• Speaker, Section of Environment, Energy, & Resources, Environmental Law Society Network’s Student Involvement Day, American Bar Association, 2022
• Editor-in-Chief, University of Denver Water Law Review, 2021–22
• Articles Vice Chair, Water Resources Committee, Section of Environment, Energy, & Resources, American Bar Association, 2021–22
• Managing Editor, University of Denver Water Law Review, 2020–21
• Treasurer, Land Use Law Society, Sturm College of Law, 2020–21
• Sturm Law Scholar, 2019–22
• Student Advisory Board Member, Center for Values and Social Policy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2017–18

Publications

• “Your State or Mine – Practical Considerations for Choice of Law and Venue Provisions,” 70 Found. for Nat. Res. & Energy L. __-1 (2024) (forthcoming).
• Arizona v. Navajo Nation, 599 U.S. 555 (2023), Water L. Newsl. (Found. for Nat. Res. & Energy L.) Vol. 56, No. 3, 2023.
• From a Legal Perspective: Relevant Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, The Rocky Mountain Landman (Denver Association of Professional Landmen, Denver, Colorado), December 2022, at 7.
• Energy Infrastructure, Siting, and Reliability 2021 Annual Report, ABA Section of Env’t, Energy & Res. (2022) (contributed Solar & Storage and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sections).
• Court Report, Cahaba Riverkeeper v. U.S. EPA, 938 F.3d 1157 (11th Cir. 2019), 23 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 267 (2020).

Education

• J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2022
  • Sturm Law Scholar
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Law Certificate
• B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2018

Bar Admissions / Qualifications

• Colorado, 2022