Attorneys
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Jerry W. Raisch
Partner Emeritus - Jerry represents municipalities and industries in complying with federal and state water quality requirements. He has a B.S. degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Colorado. He is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and Environmental Law Section. He has served as Chairman of the Water Policy Committee of the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry since 1985 and has been an active participant in the Colorado Water Congress and Colorado Mining Association in water quality matters. Prior to his partnership in Vranesh and Raisch, he was an attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII from 1972 to 1978 serving as its Acting Regional Counsel in 1977-78. Jerry is a Colorado Bar Fellow, and is listed in the "Best Lawyers of America" and Colorado "Super Lawyers."
Eugene J. Riordan
Partner Emeritus - Gene's practice focuses on environmental issues with an emphasis on solid and hazardous waste, water quality, and wetland matters. Particularly helpful in Gene's work is his engineering background. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California and is a licensed civil engineer with three years of engineering design and management experience. Additionally, Gene earned his PhD. in water resources planning and management from Colorado State University. Gene understands the physical systems that are regulated by environmental laws and is able to communicate directly with the technical experts about these systems. Gene has used this to his advantage in negotiating environmental permits and consent agreements with the regulatory agencies for a broad range of municipal and private clients.
Paul J. Zilis
Partner Emeritus - Paul represents municipalities, counties, water authorities, and individual water users in all water rights matters. He has a B.A. from the University of Colorado in environmental biology and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Environment, Energy, and Resources Section, and the Colorado Bar Association, Environmental Law Section and Water Law Section. Paul is also a past chair of the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Committee of the Boulder County Bar Association. His professional career has included extensive practice before the Water Courts and the Colorado Supreme Court beginning in 1983. Prior to his law career at Vranesh and Raisch, Paul worked as an aquatic biologist at the University of Colorado.
Stuart B. Corbridge
Partner - Stuart's practice focuses primarily on water rights issues, including water rights litigation and transactional matters, and includes the representation of municipalities, water and sanitation districts, mutual ditch companies, irrigation districts and other types of water users. He has B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Colorado. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, and the Colorado Bar Association, Water Law Section. After graduating from law school and prior to joining Vranesh and Raisch, Stuart worked for two years as the law clerk for both Division 1 Water Judge Jonathan W. Hays and 19th Judicial District Chief Judge/Division 1 Water Judge Roger A. Klein.
Gabe Racz
Partner - Gabe specializes in water quality, water rights and environmental matters. He has a Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Environmental Law and Water Law Sections, and has been active in the Colorado Water Quality Forum. Gabe has appeared frequently before the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, and in the water courts and district courts, beginning in 2001.
Aaron Ladd
Partner - Aaron represents a range of clients from municipalities to individual water users in a host of water rights matters including transactions and water court litigation. He has a B.A. from Miami University (of Ohio) in Environmental Science and Geography and a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. During and before law school, he was a law clerk for two business litigation law firms in Denver and Michigan, gaining valuable experience with contracts and complex civil litigation. Aaron has been practicing Colorado water law since 2009.
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Justine C. Beckstrom
Partner - Justine received her law degree in 2012 from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she earned a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. She has a B.A. from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. Justine is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Environmental Section, and the William E. Doyle Inn of Court. After graduating from law school, Justine served as the law clerk for the Honorable Edward C. Moss, District Court Judge, Seventeenth Judicial District, State of Colorado.
Andrea A. Kehrl
Partner - Andrea represents municipalities, counties, water authorities, and individual water users in water rights matters. She has a B.A. from the University of Georgia in Publication Management (Journalism and Business) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado. Andrea is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Water Law Section. She is a former chair of the Young Lawyers Section and a current chair of the Environment / Natural Resources Section of the Boulder County Bar Association. Andrea has been practicing natural resources and environmental law since 2010, with a focus on Colorado water law since 2012.
Rachel L. Bolt
Attorney - Rachel obtained her law degree from the University of Colorado Law School in 2017, where she was a student attorney in the Natural Resource and Environmental Law Clinic and volunteered with the Acequia Assistance Project. She has her B.A in Environmental Studies and Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to joining Vranesh and Raisch, Rachel served as the law clerk to the Honorable Jaclyn Casey Brown at the 17th Judicial District and Colorado Court of Appeals.
Bradley N. Kershaw
Attorney - Bradley represents public and private clients and water users in all aspects of water law, including water rights litigation, transactions, and permitting. He has been focused on Colorado water law since 2017, and is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Water Law Section. Bradley has a B.S. from Oklahoma State University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School.
