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Welborn Attorneys selected as a Mountain State Super Lawyer and Rising Star
Welborn extends congratulations to John Masterson selected as a 2016 Mountain States Super Lawyers as well as Alaina Stedillie selected as a 2016 Mountain States “Rising Star.” To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or...
Amy Seneshen Honored as a Top Woman in Energy for 2016
Congratulations to Amy Seneshen, managing partner at Welborn, who has been named by the Denver Business Journal as one of the Top Women in Energy for 2016. These women come from a variety of industries within the sector, such as exploration, production, engineering,...
Mountain Biking Into the Wilderness by Heidi Ruckriegle
Read the article Mountain Biking Into The Wilderness written by Welborn associate Heidi Ruckriegle, which appears in the June 2016 edition of The Wyoming Lawyer.
Thoughts on Non-Administered Arbitration
Non-administered arbitration (“NAA”) is an informal dispute resolution process designed to proceed without the involvement of a separate administering entity. The arbitrator and parties administer the proceedings. The proceedings may be guided by a procedure the...
Mission Assurance is Energy Assurance*
* This blog is co-authored with Sarah Ruckriegle, a graduate of the Air Force Academy, current Captain in the Air Force and law student at the University of Las Vegas where she is based. Heidi Ruckriegle is an Associate with the Welborn firm. The United States...
Welborn Ranked by Chambers USA 2016
Chambers USA ranks J. Kenneth Barbe in the practice areas of Real Estate and Corporate/M&A in Wyoming; John A. Masterson in the practice area of Litigation: General Commercial in Wyoming and Keith D. Tooley in the practice area of Natural Resources in Colorado....
Two Welborn attorneys named to the inaugural Best Lawyers Women in the Law list
Rebecca Watson and Laura Lindley were selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers® Women in the Law - Business Edition | Spring 2016. Rebecca in the practice areas of Energy Law & Natural Resources Law; Laura in the practice areas of Administrative/Regulatory Law,...
6th Annual Western Energy Alliance Golf Tournament
Welborn provided sponsorship at the 6th Annual Western Energy Alliance (WEA) Golf tournament held on May 26th at Arrowhead Golf Club. Blake Leavitt from Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC joined Welborn attorneys Chelsey Russell, Joe Pierzchala, and Scott...
Colorado Supreme Court Applies Strict Burden of Proof of Historical Use for Change of Water Rights
In late March, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in County of Boulder v. Boulder & Weld County Ditch Co., 367 P.3d 1179 (Colo. 2016). While this case did not involve any novel questions of Colorado water law, it did provide a clear warning to applicants for changes...
Employer Alert: Upcoming Changes to Overtime Laws will Broaden the Scope of “White Collar” Employees Eligible for Overtime Pay
The U.S. Department of Labor just released final rules updating the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that will significantly broaden the scope of employees eligible for overtime pay when the rules go into effect December 1, 2016: DOL...
Colorado Severance Tax – New Case Allows Operators To Deduct The Cost Of Capital
A decision in late April, 2016, by the Colorado Supreme Court, allows deduction of the cost of capital for construction of gas processing and transportation facilities in calculating Colorado severance tax. In BP America Production Company v. Colorado Department of...
2012 and 2013 Local Fracking Regulations Held Invalid and Preempted by State Law
In companion decisions issued May 2, 2016, the Colorado Supreme Court (Gabriel, J.) affirmed district court summary judgment orders invalidating home-rule oil and gas regulations concerned with hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). The Court relied on the intent and...