Water law attorney Lindsey Ratcliff has joined Somach, Simmons & Dunn’s Colorado office. Lindsey provides legal advice regarding water rights litigation and transactions to municipalities, local governments, conservation districts, special districts, ditch companies, Tribes, and private ranches, landowners, and resorts.

A graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Yale School of the Environment and the University of Colorado, Boulder, Lindsey began her legal career as an Assistant Attorney General Fellow in the Natural Resources & Environment Section of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Lindsey also worked at two premier private law firms in Durango and Boulder, Colorado. During law school, she prioritized hands-on training and completed internships across private, governmental, and public interest sectors, including with the Grand Canyon Trust, Earthjustice, Colorado Water Trust, Colorado’s Division 5 Water Court, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, and Kaplan Kirsch LLP.

Outside of work, Lindsey is an active volunteer in academic circles, serving as a mentor for the Fort Lewis College Springboard Fellowship, a mentor for the Colorado Water Fellows Program at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and an Advisory Board Member for the Denver Water Law Review.

Somach Simmons & Dunn is a midsize environmental and water law firm, with offices in California, Colorado, and the District of Columbia. The firm’s attorneys represent public and private sector clients across a range of water, air, and land disciplines, including litigation, transactional, and public policy matters.