Aspen Water Rights Attorneys
Areas of Expertise
Water Rights
Water Court Proceedings
Ditch & Irrigation Rights
Surface Water Rights
Groundwater Rights
Well Permits
Water Supply Planning
Water Rights Due Diligence
Water Rights Transfers & Transactions
Augmentation Plans
Easements & Access Issues
Municipal & Special District Water Matters
Agricultural Water Issues
Water-Related Real Estate Matters
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Aspen Highlands
How to find us
At the base of Aspen Highlands ski resort. From the parking garage or the short-term parking at the front of the plaza, walk into the main plaza at the base of the mountain. From here, turn left and walk down the plaza. JVAM is inside the second building on the right with signs outside directing you to our location.
Aspen Water Law Attorneys & Legal Services
Water rights can be among the most complex and valuable interests associated with property in Colorado. JVAM assists landowners, businesses, developers, agricultural interests, municipalities, and other clients with water law matters involving the use, protection, transfer, and administration of water rights in Aspen and throughout Western Colorado.
Whether you are evaluating water rights connected to a property, addressing a ditch or well issue, planning a development, pursuing or defending a water court matter, or conducting due diligence before a transaction, our attorneys can help identify the legal and practical issues involved. We work to protect our clients’ interests while helping them navigate Colorado’s highly specialized system of water law.
Local Water Law Experience in Aspen
Water issues in Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley are closely tied to land use, development, agriculture, real estate, and the long-term value of property. Questions involving historic water rights, irrigation ditches, wells, access, augmentation, and water availability can significantly affect how property may be used or developed.
JVAM’s experience in Western Colorado gives our attorneys familiarity with the regional considerations that often shape water law matters in and around Aspen. We help clients evaluate both the legal status of water rights and the practical implications those rights may have for a property, project, transaction, or ongoing operation.
Meet the JVAM Attorneys in Aspen
Practice Areas:
Business Formation & Litigation | Real Estate & Transactions | Construction Defect Law | Business Advisement
Ann is a partner at JVAM, and a reliable and distinguished attorney in the Arkansas River Valley. Though she works primarily out of the firm’s Salida and Buena Vista offices, Ann serves clients in the Roaring Fork Valley and across the state as well.
She leads JVAM’s estate planning, probate and trust administration practices. She is passionate and committed to providing comprehensive and personalized estate planning solutions tailored to meet the unique needs and objectives of each client. Ann understands the complexities of the Colorado probate process and strives to ease the burden of navigating the system during difficult times.
Ann is also an accomplished transactional business attorney with significant experience in entity formation, contract drafting and negotiation, asset or interest purchases, and business restructuring. She is a trusted advisor to her clients and, as both a former accountant and business manager, has exceptional insights into business operations.
Practice Areas:
Lucas Van Arsdale is a founding partner at JVAM and primarily works out of the firm’s Aspen office. He has earned a strong reputation as one of the Roaring Fork Valley’s most highly regarded business and real-estate lawyers.
Lucas is a gifted, creative problem solver with a rare combination of skills: he is simultaneously an experienced trial attorney and a skilled and practical deal lawyer. Because of those skills, he has also become a capable and sought-after mediator.
Regarding real estate, Lucas’ practice encompasses the full spectrum of issues clients encounter, both in Aspen and throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. This includes the purchase and sale of residential, ranch, and commercial real estate; negotiations and dispute-resolution regarding access, easements, encroachments, and title issues; all manner of actions relating to mining claims; navigating construction and development issues; negotiating commercial and residential leases and resolving all forms of lease-related disputes; all aspects of secured financing, including lender-side due diligence, loan document prep, perfection and release of liens, and, when necessary, foreclosures; and all aspects of law relating to Homeowners’ Associations and Condominium Owners’ Associations.
Visit our offices in: Aspen, Basalt, Buena Vista, Glenwood Springs, Fraser-Winter Park, Paonia & Salida
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