PROFESSIONAL BOARDS AND ACTIVITIES
- Past chairman and current member of the Advisory Board, Colorado Oil and Gas Association
- Former member, Advisory Board, Institute for Energy Law
- Former trustee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
- Former member of Energy Innovation Initiative Advisory Board, University of Colorado Law School
- Past chair, Mineral Law Section, Colorado Bar Association
- Natural Resources Practitioner in Residence, University of Denver School of Law, 1996
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
- Recipient 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award, Colorado Oil and Gas Association
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business®, ranked in Natural Resources and Environment
- Best Lawyers in America®, 2024 Denver Lawyer of the Year, Energy Regulatory Law, 2023 Denver Lawyer of the Year, Natural Resources Law; Tier 1 Best Law Firms 2018 - 23; ranked in Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Energy Regulatory Law
- Who's Who Legal: Energy 2018 - 23
- Who's Who Legal, Thought Leaders USA 2024
- Denver Business Journal, Who's Who in Energy, 2012 – 2019
- 5280 Magazine, Top Lawyer - Energy and Natural Resources Law, 2011-2015
- ALM – Martindale-Hubbell, Top Rated Lawyer - Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resources, 2013 – 2023
- Colorado Super Lawyers®, 2006-2014
- Law Week Colorado, Best Oil & Gas Lawyer - Barrister's Best/People's Court, 2009, 2017
- Corporate Counsel Black Book, 2007
- The Lawdragon 500, 2005
- The Lawdragon 3000, 2006-2008