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Attorney Profile
Mr. Utton was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1965. He graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia majoring in economics in 1987. Mr. Utton earned his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School in 1990, where he was a member of the editorial board of the Stanford Law & Policy Journal .
After graduation from law school, Mr. Utton served as a law clerk to the Honorable James A. Parker, U.S. District Court Judge in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1990 to 1992. He then worked as a Special Prosecutor from 1992 to 1995 at the Office of the New Mexico Attorney General. In 1995, Mr. Utton joined the law firm of Sheehan, Sheehan & Stelzner, P.A. as an associate, becoming a shareholder in 1998.
Mr. Utton practices primarily in the areas of water rights administrative law and water planning; federal and state water rights litigation, including stream system adjudications; land use planning and zoning; and real estate and development. His clients have included private and public entities throughout the State of New Mexico, requiring representation in these areas. He is recognized by the New Mexico Bar Association as a Specialist in Water Law.
Mr. Utton has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of New Mexico Law School, teaching classes in natural resources and water law. He is a member of the American Bar Association Committees on Water Resources and Land Use Law.
- Shareholder/Director
- Water Law
- New Mexico, 1990
- Colorado, 1994
- U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1992
- Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1990
- J.D.
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Law Review:
Editorial Board, Stanford Law & Policy Journal, 1988 - 1990
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, 1987
- B.A.
- Honors: With Distinction
- New Mexico Water Law Update: Battles of the Rio Grande, Water Resources Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association, April, 2000
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- The International Law of Minimum Stream Flows, Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, Winter, 1999
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- Commission for Environmental Cooperation Links Trade and Environment, International Environmental Law Committee Newsletter, October, 1999
- New Mexico State University
- Santa Fe County
- The Association of Acequia Nortenas
- Dona Ana County
- Fort Sumner Irrigation District
- City of Raton
- Indian Water Rights Settlements and the Environment, Western States Water Council,
2007
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- Land Use and Water Supply, CLE International,
2005
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- New Mexico Water Law Overview: State Engineer Administration and Conjunctive Management of Ground and Surface Water, New Mexico Real Property Institute,
2001
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- Regional and Local Water Suppliers, CLE International,
2001
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- Assuring a Water Supply: Water Rights Transfers, State Engineer Administration and Water Reuse, Lorman Education Services,
2002
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- Seminar on Advanced Water Law, University of New Mexico Law School,
1999
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- Advanced Natural Resoruces Writing, University of New Mexico Law School,
1999
- Specialist, Water Law New Mexico Bar Association
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- Best Lawyers in America,
2006 - Present
- Western States Water Council
- Council Member
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- Santa Fe Watershed Association
- Board Member
- Office of the NM Attorney General, Special Prosecutor,
1992
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1995
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- U.S. District Court, District of NM, Judge James A. Parker, Law Clerk,
1990
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1992
- English
- 1965, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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