Gabe Racz, Counsel
Professional Experience
Counsel, Vranesh and Raisch, Boulder, Colorado
October, 2011 to Present
Associate, Trout, Raley, Montaño, Witwer & Freeman, P.C., Denver, Colorado
June, 2001 to September, 2011
Law Clerk for Judge Lawrence A. Manzanares, 2nd Judicial District, Denver, Colorado
June, 2000 to May, 2001
Mr. Racz’s main areas of practice include water quality, water rights, environmental, and eminent domain matters, including:
- Hearings before the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission regarding water quality standards, rulemakings, and policies.
- Discharge permitting matters.
- Water rights adjudication, including surface and groundwater rights, nontributary groundwater, changes of water rights, and plans for augmentation.
- Evaluation, including title examination, of water rights purchase and sale transactions.
- Water storage and pipeline project environmental permitting, including Section 404 dredge and fill permitting, Endangered Species Act, and National Environmental Policy Act matters.
- Litigating eminent domain matters, including possession hearings and valuation trials in condemnations for major reservoir, highway, and water and sewer pipeline projects.
Education
Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 2000University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois
Bachelor of Music, cum laude, 1994
Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Colorado Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Real Estate Law Section, and Eminent Domain Committee
Denver Bar Association
Boulder County Bar Association, Natural Resources/Environmental Law Section
Colorado Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Real Estate Law Section, and Eminent Domain Committee
Denver Bar Association
Boulder County Bar Association, Natural Resources/Environmental Law Section
Bar Admission
Mr. Racz is admitted to practice in the State of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Co-author, "Acquiring, Using, and Protecting Water in Colorado" (1st ed., 2004 and revised ed., 2011).
"Keeping Your Cool With Revised Temperature Standards," South Platte Forum, Oct. 2007.