Author Description
Sarah Klahn, Esq., works to protect the water rights of municipal, industrial, and ranching clients in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, and New Mexico. She represented the plaintiffs in Vance v. Wolfe and William F. West Ranch, LLC v. Tyrell, where her clients sought application of state water law principles to oil and gas produced ground water diversions. She also litigated the applicability of Colorado water law to tribal oil and gas ground water diversions in Pawnee Well Users v. Wolfe. Sarah has represented the City of Pocatello, Idaho for over 10 years on conjunctive management disputes (e.g., A&B Irrigation District v. Idaho Department of Water Resources, and In re Distribution of Water to Various Water Rights Held By or For Benefit of A&B Irrigation District) and other water rights-related matters (Pocatello v. State). She also represents the San Juan Water Commission and La Plata Conservancy District (New Mexico) on water matters related to their interests in the Colorado Animas-La Plata Project. In addition to her litigation practice, she testified on Colorado water law as an expert witness in 2012 in Hall v. Moreno, a case involving federal congressional redistricting. Sarah edits the Water Law chapter of West’s Krendl’s Colorado Methods of Practice, and is a member of the Board of Advisors for the National Judicial College’s Dividing the Waters program for water judges. She has been a partner at White & Jankowski, LLP for over 15 years and she is included in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of water law, has been recognized in Colorado Super Lawyers®, and has been named a Top Lawyer by 5280 Magazine in the field of water law for the last two years.
