Earl M. Hill Reno, Nevada
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Earl Hill is Of Counsel in the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources department and practices in the natural resources, mining law and public lands areas. Before joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, he was a member of the Nevada firm of Marshall Hill Cassas & de Lipkau and its predecessors. During the 1980's he was also a partner in the regional firm, Sherman & Howard. In 1962 he served as a law clerk to the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, and in the 1970's was a member and vice-chairman of Nevada's first Commission on Judicial Selection. Earl has served as a member of the board of trustees of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation for more than 20 years and has authored and delivered papers to annual and special institutes of the Foundation.
Related Activities and Skills:
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Natural Resources, Nevada section) all years since beginning of publication of that directory.
- Holds highest ratings in Martindale Hubbell Law Directory
- Areas of Practice:
- Administrative Hearings & Adjudication
- Minerals & Mining
- Water & Riparian Rights
- Public Land Law
- Bar Admissions:
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1971
- U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 1962
- Nevada, 1962
- Education:
- University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington,
1962
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington,
1960
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Published Works:
- Co-author: The Nevada Law of Water Rights, Published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, January, 2011
- Practical Aspects of the United States Mineral Patent, Northwest Mining Association, November, 1988
- Original Title & Creation of Mineral Rights, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, November, 1977
- Placer Claims: Selected Problems & Suggested Solutions, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, July, 1977
- Representative Cases:
- NL Industries, Inc. v. Secretary of Interior of U.S., 777 F.2d 433 (C.A.9 (Nev.) 1985)
- Christensen v. Chromalloy American Corp., 656 P.2d 844 (Nev. 1983)
- 25 Corp., Inc. v. Eisenman Chemical Co., 709 P.2d 164 (Nev. 1985)
- Alamo Irr. Co. v. U.S., 404 P.2d 5 (Nev. 1965)
- Carmody v. Seventh Judicial Dist. Court In and For Lincoln County, 398 P.2d 706 (Nev. 1965)
- Representative Clients:
- Aerojet General Corporation
- Coeur d'Alene Mines, Ltd.
- Echo Bay Mines, Ltd.
- NERCO Minerals Company
- References:
- Nevada State Bank, Reno, NV
- T.S. Ary, Director, United States Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC
- Peter G. Morris, Dir., NV Dept of Conserv. & Nat. Res., Carson Cty, NV
- David Phillips, Esq., Exec. Dir., Rocky Mt. Mineral Law Found., Denver
- Russ Fields, President, Nevada Mining Association, Reno, NV
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Various appeals to Interior Board of Land Appeals.
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Trustee, 1975 - Present
- Society of Mining Law Antiquarians, 1980 - Present
- Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Advisory Board, 1983 - Present
- Nevada Mining Association, 1970 - Present
