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| | Address | | West Building, Suite 123, 835 East Second Avenue, P.O. Box 2717 | | Durango, Colorado 81302 | | (La Plata Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 970-247-1755 | | Fax: 970-247-8827 | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Trial and Appeals Practice, Water Rights, Oil and Gas, Indian, Probate, Real Estate, Construction and Personal Injury Law. | | Firm Size: 8 | Clients:
COUNSEL FOR: Southern Ute Indian Tribe; Southwestern Water Conservation District; San Miguel and La Plata Water Conservancy Districts; La Plata Electric Association, Inc. (RUS); Dolores Water Conservancy District; Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District; Empire Electric Association; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Frank E. (Sam) Maynes (1933-2004). | | Byron V. Bradford (1907-1985). | | Thomas H. Shipps (Member) born Hyannis, Massachusetts, February 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth, Tenth and Federal Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ft. Lewis College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); University of Houston (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barons (President, 1978-1979). Author: "Oil and Gas Lease Operation and Royalty Valuation on Indian Lands: What is the Difference in Federal and Indian Leases?" Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Foundation, 1992; "Commercial Transactions, Security Interests and Perfection in Indian Country," ABA 7th Annual Conference on Natural Resources Development on Indian Lands, 1995; "Rights-of-Way Across Indian Lands," Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Foundation, 1998; "The Duty to Market Under Federal and Indian Leases: It's Only Money,: Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Foundation, 2000. Member, Judicial Nominating Committee, 6th Judicial District, 1984-1989. Member, Indian Law Support Center Advisory Committee, 1986-1990. Appointed to Department of the Interior Royalty Policy Advisory Committee, 1995. Member: Colorado (Member, Mineral Law Section) and American (Vice-Chair, SONREEL Committee on Native American Natural Resources, 1994-1995) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Indian Law; Natural Resources. Email: Thomas H. Shipps | | Janice C. Sheftel (Member) born Washington, D. C., May 28, 1941; admitted to bar, 1985, Colorado. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1963); University of Michigan (M.A.L.S., 1968); University of Toledo (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Phi Mu; Order of the Coif. Member, University of Toledo Law Review, 1984-1985; Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1990-1999. Member: Colorado and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Water Rights; Real Estate. Email: Janice C. Sheftel | | Sam W. Maynes (Member) born Durango, Colorado, July 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Colorado. Education: Fort Lewis College (B.A., 1985); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1988). Member: Colorado Bar Association. Practice Areas: Indian Law. Email: Sam W. Maynes | | Patricia A. Hall (Member) born Oak Park, Illinois, November 18, 1945; admitted to bar, 1976, Arizona and Navajo Nation; 1979, Colorado. Education: Arizona State University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1976). Member: Board of Directors, Colorado Legal Services; Navajo Public Defender Commission; Navajo Bar Disciplinary Committee; Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, 1983-1990; Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline, 1985-1989; Colorado Association of County Judges, 1982-1988; Colorado Municipal Judges Association, 1980-1982; Board of Directors, Colorado Rural Legal Services, 1980-1982; Board of Directors, DNA - People's Legal Services, Inc., 1978-1979. Member: Navajo Bar Association; State Bar of Arizona; State Bar of Colorado. Practice Areas: Indian Law; Criminal Law. Email: Patricia A. Hall | | John Barlow Spear (Member) born Annapolis, Maryland, January 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1984, Colorado; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Northern Colorado (B.A., 1975); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., with honors, 1983). Associate Notes Editor, Washburn University Law Journal, 1982-1983. President, Southwest Colorado Bar Association, 1995-1996. Member: Colorado and American Bar Associations; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Construction Law; Real Estate; Contracts; Utility Law. Email: John Barlow Spear | | Steven Boos (Member) born Sanger, California, January 29, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1984, Utah; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; 1991, Arizona; 2001, New Mexico and Colorado. Education: University of California (B.A., 1977); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1983). Formerly with: Navajo Nation (Chief Legislative Council, 1995-2001); DNA-People's Legal Services (1983-1992); Navajo Department of Justice (1992-1995). Member: Navajo Bar Association (Member, Disciplinary Committee, 1996—; President, 1992-1994; Commissioner, 1992-1994; Vice President, 1992). Reported Cases: Superior Oil v. Merritt, (1985 D. Utah) 619 F. Supp 526. Utah Dept. of Social Services v. Vigil (1989) 784 P.2d 1130. Meyers et al. v. Board of Education of the San Juan School District (1995 D. Utah) 905 F. Supp 1544. Practice Areas: Indian Law; Government Law; Consumer Law. Email: Steven Boos | | ASSOCIATES | | Elisabeth J. Taft (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Washington; 2005, Colorado. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., 1999); Seattle University (J.D., 2004). Member: Washington State Bar Association; The Colorado Bar Association; The Southwest Colorado Women's Bar Association (Co-President, 2005—). | | Katherine A. Burke (Associate) born Berkeley, California, 1963; admitted to bar, 2004, Colorado; 2006, Southern Ute Indian Tribal Court. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1985); University of Colorado at Boulder (M.A., 1991; J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Member: The Colorado Bar Association; Colorado Women's Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Environment and Natural Resources; Litigation). Practice Areas: General Practice; Civil Litigation; Indian Law. Email: Katherine A. Burke | | Charles C. Spence (Associate) born Oceanside, California, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Colorado; 1999, Idaho and Wyoming; 2004, Utah. Education: University of Texas; Austin College (B.A., 1994); University of Tulsa (J.D., with honors, 1997); University of Denver (LL.M., Taxation, 1998). Phi Delta Phi. Production Editor, Tulsa Law Journal, 1996-1997. Member: Colorado Bar Association; Eastern Idaho Estate Planning Council (Past President, 2001-2003); Denver Estate Planning Council (Member, 2005—). Practice Areas: Business Planning; Estate Planning; Tax Planning. Email: Charles C. Spence |
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