William Myers III

Client Results

• Counsel to western Governor litigating BLM and Forest Service land use plans.

• Lead counsel for multiple farmers challenging USDA plant quarantine regulations.

• Counsel for natural gas pipeline company's litigation over $3.5 billion project in two circuit courts of appeals including successful opposition to five emergency motions to stay construction.

• Counsel for natural gas pipeline company's $450 million looping project in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals.

• Lead counsel in federal district court litigation against the United States Forest Service over failure to abide by the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

• Lead counsel in federal district court and court of appeals litigation against the Forest Service regarding NEPA violations related to bighorn sheep management.

• Local counsel to the states of Wyoming and Colorado engaged in multiple animal species litigation in federal district court. Species include sage-grouse, grizzly bears, and pygmy rabbits.

• Lead counsel defending corporate permittee in administrative litigation in the Department of the Interior.

• Lead counsel for multiple ranchers in litigation against the United States arising from the Federal Tort Claims Act and Quiet Title Act associated with Fish & Wildlife Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs projects.

• Assisted wind energy companies with BLM and FWS permitting in three states for construction of utility-scale wind energy and solar facilities.

• Helped pipeline clients obtain FERC, BLM, Forest Service, ACHP, FWS, DOD, and other federal permits for construction of brownfield and greenfield projects in six states.

• Negotiated Forest Service and National Park Service permit renewals for Wyoming and Idaho outfitters and guides.

• Representation of numerous ranches and ranching trade associations in grazing permit matters on BLM and Forest Service lands.

• Representation of state highway department in exchange of lands with National Park Service to simultaneously allow highway improvements and improve federal/state recreational facilities.

• Permitting and environmental compliance counsel for phosphate mines.

• Testified before the House Natural Resource Committee on the legality of the Administration’s Wild Lands proposals.
• Advised state legislators from Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming on gray wolf recovery and de-listing under the Endangered Species Act.
• Assisted outfitters with compliance with state and federal permitting requirements related to operation of lodge facilities and guided hunting and fishing.
• Testified before the Idaho House and Senate committees on natural resources regarding sage-grouse litigation and the ESA listing process.

• Navigated Congressional action in response to species plan amendments spanning ten western states.

• Represented solar energy developer on siting and negotiating $400 million facility on tribal lands.

• Negotiated renewal of more than 800 miles of natural gas and oil pipeline rights of way across tribal lands.
• Advised pipeline client on compliance with Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

• Litigating pipeline renewal on allotted lands before the Interior Board of Indian Appeals and in federal district court.