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Pat Winmill is a shareholder in the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources department. Her practice includes public land, mining, title and access issues. The focus of Pat's practice is the acquisition, title review and maintenance of the mineral, surface and access rights necessary to support a mining, oil and gas, or industrial project. She has had substantial experience working with the Bureau of Land Management in obtaining and managing various property rights in federal land, including mineral leases, mining claims and rights of way. She is experienced in representing clients in the hardrock mining, coal, and oil and gas industries. Pat also has a considerable background in representing clients in large resource-related transactions, from both a diligence and a negotiating and drafting perspective. Pat is a graduate of Idaho State University (B.A., with highest honors, 1976) and the University of Utah (J.D., 1980), where she was a member of the Utah Law Review and Order of the Coif.

Related Activities and Skills:

• Trustee and Member of the Board of Directors, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
• Mining Chair, 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute
• S.J. Quinney University of Utah College of Law, Alumni Board of Trustees, President (2003-04), Emeritus Member (2005 - present)
• Recognized in Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA
• Utah State Bar Association, Energy and Natural Resources Section
• Past Chair, Mining Committee, Energy and Natural Resources Section, Utah State Bar
• American Bar Association, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section
• Utah Association of Professional Landmen
  

Published Works:

• Federal Mining Reporter, Mineral Law Newsletter, Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fdn.  (2004 - present )
• Contributing and Updating Author, American Law of Mining II, Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fdn.
• Co-Author, Use of Institutional Controls in Mine Closures, 47 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Fdn. Journal 77 (2010).
• Mining and Public Land Law Update, 51 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 2006
• Co-Author, Current Challenges in Obtaining Exploration, Mining, and Associated Rights to Public and Private Lands, Uranium Exploration & Development, Paper No.14, Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fdn., 2006
• Road and Access Law in Utah, NBI 2001, 2003
• Use And Enforceability Of Institutional Controls In Risk-Based Environmental Cleanups-They're Cheap And Good Looking, But Will They Last?, July 2003 by Patricia J. Winmill and Hal J. Pos, 49 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 23-1, 2003
• Co-Author, Public Lands Rights-of-Way and Access--An Update, Public Land Law, Regulation, and Management, Paper 7, Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fdn., 2003
• Acquisition of Rights-of-Way By Condemnation, Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fdn., Rights-of-Way, Paper No. 9, 1998
• Co-Author, Medicine for Ailing Mineral Titles: An Assessment of the Impact of Adverse Possession, Statutes of Limitation, and Dormant Mineral Acts, 29 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 267, 1983

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Co-presenter, R.S. 2477 Rights-of-Way, Mining & Land Resource Institute, American Assoc. of Prof. Landmen and the Nevada Landmen's Assoc., 2006
• Presenter, Problems & Pitfalls of the October 23, 2003 Final Rulemaking (The Claim Location, Filing and Maintenance Regulations), Mining & Land Resource Institute, American Assoc. of Prof. Landmen and the Nevada Landmen's Assoc., 2005