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Scott Clark

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Scott Clark represents clients on a wide range of environmental and natural resources issues, including CERCLA, RCRA, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, NEPA and ESA matters, Brownfields, remediation, hazardous waste, real estate transactions, litigation, permitting, petroleum storage tanks, regulatory compliance, enforcement proceedings and regulatory rule making proceedings. Scott’s practice also includes water rights, real estate, mineral leasing and land use proceedings.

Scott frequently speaks at seminars and workshops on environmental liability, environmental issues in real estate transactions and water rights. Scott has been an adjunct professor of environmental law at the Colorado School of Mines. He is also a contributing author to the treatise Environmental Regulation of Colorado Real Property, published by Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc. Scott devotes time to several professional and charitable organizations, including the Environmental Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association, of which he has served as the chair, Colorado Environmental Management Society, for which he has served as president, the Colorado Brownfields Foundation, for which he has served on the Board of Directors, and Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, for which he has served as President.

Education

J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 1994
B.A., DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1990, Biology

Recognitions

Best Lawyers in America® – Environmental Law, Real Estate Law, and Water Law (2026)

Chambers U.S.A. Colorado Leading Attorney, Natural Resources Environmental Practice Area

Ranked in Chambers USA, Environment – Band 3 (2026)

Memberships

  • American Bar Association: Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
  • Colorado Bar Association: Water Section, Environmental Law Section (Chair 2013-2014), Real Estate Section
  • Denver Bar Association
  • Colorado Environmental Management Society (President 2005)
  • Colorado Brownfields Foundation (Board of Directors, 2010-2013)
  • Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver (President, 2010; Site Acquisition Committee Chair, 1998-2004)

State Bar Licenses

Colorado

Court Admissions

U.S. District Ct., District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
Supreme Court of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Colorado Circuit

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