Attorney Profiles
Lee Kapaloski Salt Lake City, Utah
| phone | 801-532-1234 |
| fax | 801-536-6111 |
| lkapaloski@parsonsbehle.com | |
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Lee Kapaloski is a shareholder in the Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources department and concentrates his practice on local government and water law. Mr. Kapaloski is a member of the Utah State Bar, and has served on the board of directors of Western Network, a water resources mediation group, Project 2000, an organization concerned about Utah's future and Watershed West, a western water policy group.
Mr. Kapaloski is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Natural Resources Law. He was appointed to the Federal Grand Canyon Visibility Commission.
Related Activities and Skills:
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental and Natural Resources Law for 15 years
- American Bar Association, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Sections
- Water Program Co-Chair, 56 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst., 2010
- Alta Town, Utah Planning Commission
- Utah Project 2000, Board of Directors
- Western Network, Board of Directors
- Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake
- Federal Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission
- Areas of Practice:
- Natural Resources & Water
- Environmental Appeals & Litigation
- Clean Water Act/Wetlands
- Natural Resources & Mining Litigation
- Mining & Mineral Processing Law
- Project Permitting
- Water Rights & Water Districts
- Public Lands
- Acquisition & Disposition of Real Property
- Improvement Districts
- Land Use & Zoning
- Energy Law
- Government Contracts
- State & Municipal Contracts
- Bar Admissions:
- U.S. District Court District of Utah, 1978
- Utah, 1978
- Education:
- University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah,
1978
J.D. - University Of Colorado,
1975
Ph.D. - San Diego State University,
1972
M.A. - University of Utah,
1968
B.S.
Major: Economics - University of Utah,
1967
B.S.
Major: Geography
- Published Works:
- Power Plant Sitting on Public Lands: A Proposal for Resolving the Environmental-Developmental Conflict, Denver Law Journal, Vol. 56, No. 102, pp. 179-233, 1979
- Making NEPA Work: Recommendations for Improving the Use of Environmental Impact Statements in the Decision-Making Process, Journal of Contemporary Law, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 82-98, 1975
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Speaker: "Achieving Successful Nutrient Water Quality Regulation in Multi-State River Basins," at the American Bar Association’s 29th Annual Water Law Conference, San Diego, California, February 2011
- Speaker: "Nevada Water Law," Reno, Nevada, October 2005
- Speaker: "Western Water Law," Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2005
- Presented: "Utah's Water Law & Policies: Ain't What They Used to Be City/Canal Companies Conflicts Over Water Shares: A Canal Company Perspective" Seminars, 1995
- "Water Organizations: Analysis of Options and Alternatives for Public or Private Entities" University of Colorado Natural Resources Law Center, 1992
- "Effects of Upstream Transfers on Water Quality Permitting" University of Colorado Natural Resources Law Center, 1988
- "State Environmental Laws and Regulations and Local Control" Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute on the Overthrust Belt: Oil and Gas Land Issues, 1980
