39 Modrall Sperling Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers
35 Modrall Sperling Shareholders have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. Seven of those have also been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Additionally, four Modrall Sperling Associates have been included in the inaugural edition…
Modrall Sperling Welcomes New Executive Director Scott D. Cocker
Modrall Sperling is pleased to welcome our new Executive Director, Scott Cocker, to the firm. Scott has extensive experience in the field of law firm management, having worked…
Modrall Sperling Mourns the Passing of Timothy C. Holm
Modrall Sperling mourns the passing of Timothy C. Holm, a beloved friend and colleague who left us unexpectedly on July 28, 2020. Tim joined the firm in 1987,…
Stuart Butzier Elected President of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Stuart Butzier, a shareholder with Modrall Sperling, has become the President of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation after being elected by the organization’s Trustees. He will serve…
Modrall Sperling Shareholder Michelle Hernandez Interview with the Hispano Chamber
Michelle Hernandez, Shareholder and Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, is interviewed by the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce regarding Modrall Sperling’s recent efforts to create further diversity and inclusion within the firm and legal field, including the creation of the…
Solenex, LLC v. Bernhardt, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior: Cancellation of 1982 Oil and Gas Lease Upheld – Significant Cultural and Religious Lands of the Badger-Two Medicine Area in Montana
Introduction and Setting On June 16, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia wrote what could be the last chapter in a long-running dispute over an oil and gas lease issued by…
A Message From The Modrall Sperling Law Firm Regarding Diversity and Inclusion
The ongoing massive protests across this country and throughout the world, triggered by the recent high-profile, violent killings of racial and ethnic minorities at the hands of authorities, have laid bare this nation’s tragic history of systemic racism and injustice. Persistent episodes…
Modrall Sperling Donates Food, Face Masks and Funds to Roadrunner Food Bank
Modrall Sperling is committed to our community and to helping those in need. To that end, earlier this year the firm organized and executed an ambitious food drive…
Court Resuscitates NWP 12 But Only for Non-Pipeline Projects
The United States District Court for the District of Montana breathed partial life back into Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12) in its May 11, 2020 decision limiting the scope of its April 15, 2020 vacatur of NWP 12 to new construction of…
Revisiting and Updating the Dakota Access Pipeline Controversy
Federal Court Orders U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement[1] In a March 25, 2020 decision, issued over two and a half years after his remand of the Corps’ permitting approval authorizing construction of an oil pipeline…