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Michael
M. Quealy, Parsons Behle & Latimer
 Michael M. Quealy practices in
the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources department. His practice
concentrates primarily in the area of water law. He is involved in
governmental permitting and licensing of water projects, the appropriation
and transfer of water and due diligence analysis and adjudication
of water rights. Michael has participated in complex interstate water
compact negotiations, including federal reserved water rights claims
for Indian reservations and national parks. He has also participated
in negotiation and litigation regarding navigable waters and sovereign
lands. Michael has served on several legislative task forces advocating
water rights legislation and governmental rulemaking.
Michael began his law practice in 1974 in the areas of water and
natural resource law. In 1979, he joined the Natural Resources Division
of the Utah Attorney General's Office, and served as chief of the
division from 1988 to 2002, supervising and coordinating legal representation
of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. While employed by the
State, he represented various natural resource agencies, including
the Division of Water Rights, Division of Water Resources, Division
of State Lands and Forestry and Division of Wildlife Resources. He
also represented Utah's Interstate Streams Commissioner on issues
relating to the Colorado and Bear rivers and the State in areas of
Indian law. Michael represented the State in the negotiation of the
Zion National Park and Shivwits Indian water rights settlements and
the Ute Indian water compact. He also has extensive experience in
state administrative law.
Mr. Quealy served as a member of the Conference
of Western Attorneys General Litigation Action Committee and chaired
the Committee in 1992 and 1993. He was a member of the legal committee
of the Upper Colorado River Commission from 1988 to 2002. Michael
maintains Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating, an AV.
Related Activities and Skills:
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in
America, Water Law
- Member of the Utah State Bar
- Represented various state natural
resource agencies, including the Division of Water Rights, Division
of Water Resources, Division of State Lands and Forestry and
Division of Wildlife Resources
- Represented Utah's Interstate Streams Commissioner
- Represented
the State in areas of Indian law Represented the State in the
negotiation of the Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks National
Monument, Shivwits Indian water rights settlements and the Ute
Indian water compact
- Represented the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands
administration in conducting a water rights inventory involving
nearly 3.5 million acres of school trust lands.
- Represented Utah Department of Natural
Resources in negotiating apportionment of interstate aquifers
with the state of Nevada
Areas of Practice:
- Litigation & Appeals
- Native Peoples Law
- Tribal Jurisdiction
- Tribal Lands
- Natural Resources Law
- Fisheries & Wildlife
- Water & Riparian Rights
Bar Admissions:
- U.S. District Court District of
Arizona
- U.S. District Court District of Utah
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th
Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
University of Wyoming, College of Law,
Laramie, Wyoming,
1974
J.S.
University of Denver, 1971
B.A.,
Major: English
Published Works:
- Contributor, The Indian Law Deskbook,
Conference of Western
- Attorneys General through the University of
Colorado Press
- The Digest of Utah Water Law, Second Edition
- The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's "Water
Law Newsletter"
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Speaker, "Utah Water Law," Salt Lake
City, October 2005
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