Walter Eggers

OVERVIEW

Walter Eggers represents and advises mineral producers and energy companies on complex and routine legal issues, including permitting, state and local tax, royalty, and other regulatory issues.

He also represents clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts, and before state legislative committees, primarily addressing regulatory and administrative law issues.

Walter currently leads the firm’s Environmental and Natural Resources practice, one of the largest in the country at over 100 lawyers. He served as the Administrative Partner for the firm’s Cheyenne office from 2010-2015.

EXPERIENCE

Experience

Walter Eggers has significant experience representing clients before:

Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC)
Wyoming State Board of Equalization
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments
Colorado Oil & Gas Commission (COGCC)
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
U.S. Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR)
U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)
U.S. District Court of Wyoming
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

PRACTICES

Practices

Environmental and Natural Resources

State and Local Tax

Public Utilities Regulation

Oil and Gas

Mining

NEWS AND INSIGHTS

News

Best Lawyers^® Names 18 Lawyers of the Year and 175 Best Lawyers from Holland & Hart, 08/15/2018

Mountain States Super Lawyers 2018 Recognizes 61 Holland & Hart Attorneys, 06/11/2018

Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices, 05/03/2018

Best Lawyers® Names 21 Partners 2018 "Lawyer of the Year" and 183 Attorneys to Best Lawyers in America© List, 08/15/2017

Mountain States Super Lawyers Includes 68 Holland & Hart Attorneys, 06/12/2017

Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices, 05/26/2017

Benchmark Litigation Names Holland & Hart "Firm of the Year" in Wyoming, 02/17/2017

Holland & Hart Wyoming Attorneys Named to 2017 Best Lawyers® List, 8/15/2016

Chambers USA 2016 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices, 5/27/2016

Benchmark Litigation Names Holland & Hart "Firm of the Year" in Colorado and Utah, 2/17/2016

Holland & Hart Attorneys and Practice Groups Recognized by Chambers USA, 5/27/2014

Publications

"Wyoming Section, Oil & Gas Updates," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal, Co-Author, 2011- 2017

"Wyoming Oil and Gas Section," ABA Environment, Energy, and Resources Law Year in Review, Co-Author, 2006-2017

"Survey on Oil & Gas, Wyoming Section," Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Vol. 3 (Special), 145-149, Co-Author, 2017

"Surveys on Oil & Gas, Wyoming Section," Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Vol. 2 (Special), 397-401 (2015); Vol. 1 (Special), 395-401 (2014) , Co-Author

"Surveys on Oil & Gas, Wyoming Section," Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Vol. 19, No. 2, 657-665 (2013); Vol. 18, No. 3, 695-702 (2012), Co-Author

"ABA Property Tax Deskbook," Wyoming Chapter, 2008-2018

"ABA Sales & Use Tax Deskbook," Wyoming Chapter, 2012-2018

EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS

Education

University of Wyoming College of Law
J.D., 1997

American University
B.A., 1992

Bar Admissions

Wyoming

Colorado

RECOGNITION

Recognition

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial, 2007-2018
Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star, 2009-2018
Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Administrative Law, 2013-2018
Fellow of American Bar Association, 2016-Present
Wyoming State Bar, Pro Bono Volunteer Lawyers Program Award, 2010

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

Professional and Civic Affiliations

American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, Member, 2016-Present
Wyoming Access to Justice Commission, Founding Member, 2008-Present
Equal Justice Wyoming Foundation, President, 2017-Present, Board Member, 2015-Present
TerraLex Wyoming Representative, 2014-Present
Wyoming State Bar, Wyoming Lawyer publication, Editorial Committee, 2017-Present

Walter F. Eggers, III