Practice Areas
Development & Infrastructure
Energy & Natural Resources
Environmental
Indian & Alaska Native
Mining
Oil & Gas
Project Development & Finance
Real Estate & Land Use
Career
Richard is a regulatory and transactional attorney focusing on the mining, natural resources, and energy industries. In addition to his transactional practice, he advises clients in operational and regulatory matters on mining, energy (both conventional and renewable), and industrial projects throughout the Mountain West region. His experience as a civil engineer for a large electrical utility allows him to combine his legal experience with a technical understanding of resource and energy development projects.
Richard represents clients in the hard rock, coal, and industrial mineral industries. In the course of his practice, Richard has assisted mining and energy clients in structuring and negotiating complex mining and energy project transactions, land acquisition and lease agreements, as well as permitting projects on public, private and tribal lands. He has vast experience with public land law issues relating to use of and access over public lands, and location, maintenance, and title review of mining and mill site claims under the Federal Mining Law of 1872. He also regularly handles water rights matters in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.
Personal
University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2003), Member, Chicago Journal of International Law (2001-2003)
Brigham Young University (B.S., Civil Engineering, 1999)
