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RÉSUMÉ

James Lake Merrill

PRESENT PROFESSIONAL POSITION: Founder and Partner: MERRILL, ANDERSON & HARRIS, LLC Attorneys at Law 20 Boulder Crescent Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903-3300 Telephone: (719) 633-4421 Facsimile: (719) 633-4759
[email protected]

PERSONAL DATA: Age: Married: Home address: Telephone: 53 Kathy D. Merrill 44281 Road L Mancos, Colorado 81328-9150 (719) 661-2809

EDUCATION: The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado B.A., 1975 (Economics) University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque J.D., 1978 Natural Resources Policy Program Dean's Award Bureau of National Affairs Award 1976 National Moot Court Competition Regional Championship Team: Phoenix, October 1976 Final Rounds Participant: New York, December 1976 NATURAL RESOURCES JOURNAL Staff member, 1976-77 Assistant Note and Comment Editor, 1977-78

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MEMBER OF THE BAR: New Mexico (inactive) (1978- ) Colorado (1979- ) * (1979-83) Wyoming United States Supreme Court (1982- ) Washington (1984-97) U.S. Court of Appeals ­ 9th Circuit (1985- ) U.S. Court of Appeals ­ 10th Circuit (1989- ) Various United States District Courts
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pro hac vice as Special Assistant Attorney General

EXPERIENCE: October 1985 April 1987 Special Assistant Attorney General Natural Resources Section State of Colorado 1525 Sherman Street, 3rd Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 -andAttorney Advisor Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M. Street Southwest Washington, D.C. 20460 September 1983 August 1985 Attorney Office of Regional Counsel United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 1200 Sixth Avenue Seattle, Washington 98101 Associate Attorney Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott

September 1981 August 1983

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Suite 300, 511 Sixteenth Street Denver, Colorado 80202 April 1979 August 1981 Associate Attorney Hall & Evans Suite 2900, 717 Seventeenth Street Denver, Colorado 80202 Contract Attorney Pikes Peak Legal Services 617 South Nevada Avenue Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Research Assistant Prof. Joseph Goldberg Prof. Charles DuMars Prof. Albert Utton Prof. Michael Browde University of New Mexico School of Law 1117 Stanford, N.E. Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

September 1978 March 1979

Spring 1976 Summer 1978

LITIGATION EXPERIENCE: Over 100 weeks of federal and state court hearings, depositions and trials, including management of complex civil litigation with $5 million trial budget. Appearances as an expert witness in New Mexico and Colorado courts concerning legal ethics, water rights and environmental law. Appointment by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (Carrigan, S.J.) as mediator in environmental litigation.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: "Federal and State Water Laws Affecting Energy Development in the EnergyProducing Western States" (with Charles T. DuMars). Natural Resources Center, University of New Mexico School of Law: July 1978.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (Cont'd): "Institutional and Legal Constraints Affecting the Administration of Water Resources in the Albuquerque Greater Urban Are (AGUA)" (with Albert E. Utton, et al.). University of New Mexico School of Law: 1978. "Book Review: Solar Law," 19 NAT RES. J. 460 (1979). "Energy Development on Federal lands in New Mexico: A Survey of Selected Federal Statutes" (with Michael B. Browde, et al.). New Mexico Energy Institute Report No. 77-119A (1979). "Aboriginal Water Rights," 20 NAT. RES. J. 45 (1980). "An Attorney Looks At Solar Rights," ADOBE TODAY Magazine, Number 32, page 9 (June 1981). "General Stream Adjudications: Claims Evaluation Techniques," (with Michael D. White); a presentation at the September 17, 1981 meeting of the Western States Water Council, Los Angeles, California. "Economics and Indian Reserved Water Rights," (with David Brookshire and Gary Watts) 23 NAT. RES. J. 749 (1983). THE EXPERT WITNESS SEMINAR - A two-day live course, accompanied by a handbook, designed to teach environmental and other professionals how to work effectively with lawyers in law and litigation. Since 1984, this course has been presented to thousands of people in business, education and government. "Current Issues in the Quantification of Federal Reserved Water Rights," (with David Brookshire and Gary Watts). 21 WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 1777 (November, 1985). "How To Give A Successful Deposition," 1 RIVERS 119 (1990) "History Lessons," (Book Review of Water Politics, Continuity and Change by Helen Ingram), __ RIVERS ___ (1993).

REFERENCES: Upon request