Notable Alumni
Gale Norton, JD '78
Bruce Bernard, JD '82
Ginny Brannon, JD '98
Tom Graf, JD '93
Amanda Hasty, JD '03
Kent Holsinger, JD '97
Lynn Johnson, JD '85
Eric Nelson, JD '87
Sue Noe, LLM '02
Vicki Spencer JD '80
Rebecca Watson, JD '78
Arthur Terzian-Ishkhans, JD '00
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Here is What a Few of Our Alumni Are
Doing...
Gale
Norton, JD ’78
Gale Norton, a lifelong conservationist, public
servant and advocate for bringing common sense solutions to environmental
policy, was sworn in as the 48th Secretary of the U.S. Department
of the Interior in January 2001. The first woman to head the 154-year-old
department, Norton has made what she calls the Four C's the cornerstone
of her tenure: Consultation, Communication, and Cooperation, all
in the service of Conservation.
Read more about Norton...
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Bruce
Bernard, JD ’82
Head of General Litigation Section,
USDOJ E&NR Division
Bruce Bernard is a trial attorney for the Environmental
and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice.
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Ginny Brannon,
JD ’98
Assistant Attorney General
Ginny Brannon works in the Natural Resources Section
of the Colorado AG’s office. She does CERCLA and RCRA enforcement.
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Tom Graf, JD ’93
Tom Graf is an attorney in the Office of the Regional
Solicitor for the United States Department of the Interior in
Lakewood, Colo. He is the lead attorney on legal matters surrounding
several controversial species either listed or proposed for listing
under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), including the Preble’s
meadow jumping mouse and the mountain plover. |
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Amanda Hasty, MRLS ’03
Amanda Hasty is employed as an environmental protection
specialist with the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region 8. |
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Kent Holsinger, JD ’97
Assistant Director for Water,
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Kent Holsinger has worked as a real estate broker, a law clerk
for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, an intern for U.S. District
Judge Lewis T. Babcock, a legal intern for U.S. Senator Wayne
Allard and legislative assistant to Congressman Bob Schaffer
in Washington, D.C. He has published articles on the legal aspects
of business planning, politics and the media, water quality
and water rights.
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Lynn Johnson, JD ’85
Lynn Johnson is senior attorney at the Department of the Interior,
Office of the Solicitor, Division of Land and Water Resources. |
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Eric Nelson, JD ’87
Attorney/Advisor U.S. EPA, Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics
& Training
From 1990 to 1992, Eric Nelson served as environment counsel
for the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington,
D.C., and from 1987 to 1989, he was a deputy attorney general
with the Idaho Attorney General’s Office. He was a contributing
author and editor of State Attorneys General Guide to Environmental
Law, National Association of Attorneys General (1990); and coauthor
of Nelson and Fransen, Playing with a Full Deck: State Use of
Common Law Theories to Complement Relief Available Through CERCLA,
25 Idaho L. Rev. 493 (1989).
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Sue Noe
Graduated from DU’s LLM program in International Natural
Resources and Environmental Law and Policy in May 2002
Director of the Indigenous Rights Project at the University of
Denver’s International Human Rights Advocacy Center, Sue
Noe is also a legal consultant on Native American and international
indigenous peoples issues.
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Vicki Spencer, JD ’80
Vice President and Executive Director, Wyoming State Office,
National Audubon Society
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Arthur Terzian-Ishkhans, JD ’00
(focus on International and Commercial Law)
Arthur Terzian-Ishkhans works for the USDA National Appeals
Division and serves as general counsel for the Colorado Education
Project, Inc. |
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Rebecca Watson, JD ’78
Rebecca Watson is assistant secretary for lands and minerals
of the Interior Department. |
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