WATER LAW

 

Chestnut Law Offices represents clients in all areas of Water Law, including litigation of water rights, application for water rights, permits, changes in place, and purpose of use, drafting 40-year water plans for water cooperative associations, investigation of water rights and transfer of water rights in real estate transactions.

We currently serve as senior Pueblo attorneys in State of New Mexico v. Aamodt, No. 66cv06639 (D.N.M.), the leading water rights adjudication case in federal court to determine the nature and extent of Pueblo Indian water rights. After decades of litigation, a Settlement Agreement was signed  in May of 2006 by four Pueblos and other governments involved in the Aamodt case, after over five years of negotiations. Implementation requires federal legislation and court action that will take years to complete.