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Mr.
Schween’s practice emphasizes all aspects of water law. He has extensive
experience with water rights matters in Colorado, particularly in Water
Divisions 1 (South Platte River), 2 (Arkansas River), and 6 (North Platte
River drainage). He has practiced law in Colorado since 1983, and has
further experience in private land development, land planning, municipal and
special district issues, water title, and administrative law. Mr. Schween
has also practiced before the Colorado Ground Water Commission and the
Colorado Water Quality Control Commission.
In the last several years, Mr. Schween has focused primarily on
adjudications of water rights and augmentation plans, and water rights
purchases and sales. Some of the clients and entities he represents or has
represented in these matters are the Alpert Companies; Anthony Homes; Bell
Mountain Ranch Associates, L.P.; Castle Pines Golf Club, Inc.; Castle Pines
Land Company; Cherry Creek Estates, LLC; Cody Energy; Dawson Butte Land
Company; Forest View Company; The Gates Corporation; Gateway American
Properties; the Gifted Academy at Castle Pines Village;
Magness Land and Cattle Company; the Meadow Island Ditch No. 2 Company,
Pendleton Land & Exploration; Shamrock Investments, LLC; Brushco Farms, LLC,
and Valley Development Group, LLC, Valley View Development Co., LLC,
Wilshire Developments (Wisconsin), LLC, Epiphany Luthern Church, Ranchview
Investments, LLC, and Morrow & Sons, Inc.
Mr. Schween has his own professional corporation and has been a shareholder
in the Denver laws firms of Saunders, Snyder, Ross & Dickson, P.C., and
Duncan, Ostrander & Dingess, P.C. Prior to attaining his JD from Denver
University, Mr. Schween served in the federal government, primarily in
health care investigations, and also holds a masters degree in Public
Administration.
Mr. Schween is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Aurora Bar
Association, and the Water and Real Estate Sections of the Colorado Bar. He
continues to be active in local US Tennis Association matters, and is an
active member of Colorado Athletic Clubs and SaddleBrooke Tennis Club.
Mr. Schween has authored an article for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Institute entitled
“Ground Water Modeling: Capabilities and Limitations, Use and Abuse” (1986),
and a chapter on “Ground Water” for the Colorado Bar Association’s Water Law
Benchbook (2006).
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