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Kristin Nichols

Associate

555 17th Street, Suite 3200, Denver, CO 80202
P 303.290.1613
OVERVIEW

Kristin Nichols advises clients on a wide variety of natural resource issues, including energy development and mining on federal, state, and tribal lands.

She represents energy and natural resource clients in public land use litigation,including federal court litigation and appeals before federal administrative boards. Kristin also assists clients in working through complex federal and state regulatory processes in order to develop projects on public lands.

EXPERIENCE

Experience

  • Energy development and mining on federal, state, and tribal lands
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Public land use litigation
  • Federal court litigation and appeals before federal administrative boards
CLIENT RESULTS

Client Results

  • Representation of coal producer in federal administrative appeal challenging BLM coal leasing decisions under the National Environmental Policy Act.

  • Representation of coal producer in federal district court litigation involving OSMRE approval of a mining plan modification under the National Environmental Policy Act.

  • Representation of geothermal producer in federal administrative appeal challenging BLM geothermal leasing decisions under the Geothermal Steam Act.

  • Representation of oil and gas producer in federal administrative appeal involving lease reinstatement of a federal oil and gas lease from BLM.

PRACTICES

Practices

Environmental and Natural Resources
Environmental and Natural Resources Litigation
NEPA, Public Lands, and Cultural Resources
American Indian Law
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Mining
NEWS AND INSIGHTS

News

Publications

"Uranium Mining and Milling," Environmental Regulation, excerpted from the Second Edition of the American Law of Mining, Chapter 177, Co-Author, 2018
"National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)," Environmental Regulation, excerpted from the Second Edition of the American Law of Mining, Chapter 167, Co-Author, 2018
"NEPA's Scientific and Information Standards—Taking the Harder Look," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Co-Author, November 2017
"Trumping Obama-Era Environmental Policy—What's Next?," Holland & Hart News Update, Co-Author, 03/30/2017
"USA," The International Comparative Legal Guide to Mining Law 2017, 4th Ed., Co-Author, May 2016
"United States (Mining)," The Mining Law Review, 5th Ed., Chapter 21, Co-Author, 2016

Speaking Engagements

"NEPA's Scientific and Information Standards—Taking the Harder Look," Special Institute on The National Environmental Policy Act, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Denver, CO, November 2017
EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS

Education

University of Denver Sturm College of Law
J.D., 2013
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Law Certificate
  • Honors: Order of St. Ives
  • University of Denver Academic Law Scholarship
  • President, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Society (2012-2013)
University of California at Santa Barbara
B.A., 2008
  • Political Science and Global Studies

Bar Admissions

Colorado
Wyoming

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota
U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

Professional and Civic Affiliations

  • Denver Bar Association
  • American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
  • Colorado Mining Association
  • Women's Energy Network
DISCLAIMER

Unless you are a current client of Holland & Hart LLP, please do not send any confidential information by email. If you are not a current client and send an email to an individual at Holland & Hart LLP, you acknowledge that we have no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any information you submit to us, unless we have already agreed to represent you or we later agree to do so. Thus, we may represent a party adverse to you, even if the information you submit to us could be used against you in a matter, and even if you submitted it in a good faith effort to retain us.

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