Dick Bratton & John Hill

Dick Bratton, a Salida native, has state wide experience in water law, agriculture, higher education, public service and Republican politics and currently Chairman of the Upper Colorado River Commission. A member of BrattonHill LLC, he has practiced law in Gunnison since 1958 after discharge from the Army and a stint in Denver. He was counsel to the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (1961-2006). Former Chairman of Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority and founder of the Western State Water Workshop. Colorado Water Congress Aspinall Leadership award and outstanding alumnus from CU (Law) and Western State College.
John Hill has an extensive background in water resources law and policy and federal environmental law. He began his law practice after completing a 20-year career in the U.S. Army which included two assignments in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program. After attending the National Law Center at George Washington University and graduating in 1978, he joined the U.S. Department of Justice in the Environment and Natural Resources Division. He first worked in Washington, D.C. and later in the Division's Denver office, handling complex water and related environmental litigation in the state and federal courts in the Rocky Mountain area, including Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. He retired from the Department of Justice in 1991 and became Of Counsel with this firm's predecessor in 1992 and became partner in 2004. He Supervised environmental part of Carter “Hit List” review of federal water projects in 1977.
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