Hamre, Rodriguez, Ostrander & Dingess, P.C. Information

Attorneys and Counselors at Law with emphasis in Eminent Domain, Water Rights, and Real Estate Litigation. EMINENT DOMAIN Members of this firm are engaged in all aspects of counseling and representing condemning authorities and landowners in various stages of the eminent domain process including: pre-condemnation counseling, required negotiations including Notices of Intent and Final Offers, eminent domain appraisal consultation, appropriate expert witness consultation, Petitions in Condemnation, immediate possession proceedings, settlement negotiations, litigation, proposed legislation and collateral issues such as utility impacts, easements and tenant issues. WATER RIGHTS Members of this firm are engaged in all areas of water rights practice ranging from assisting with the investigation and purchase of water rights, transactions wherein water rights act as security with or without the land on which the water historically was used, to changes of water rights and adjudication of new water rights, to protection of water rights by participating in the water court applications of others, to appeals of such matters. This includes cases involving nontributary water rights as well as cases before the Groundwater Management Districts. Our Practice also includes administrative matters before the office of the State Engineer who is the administrator of water in Colorado. Additionally, our firm has represented numerous governmental entities in the negotiation of Intergovernmental Agreements pertaining to the joint use and operation of water rights, as well as agreements for the acquisition, joint use or operation of storage and conveyance facilities. Moreover, our firm assists with review and analysis of proposed legislation, the handling of various property rights such as easements, rights of way, covenants, etc. having a collateral relationship to water rights, and administrative and permitting work before state and federal agencies.