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SUMMARY:WestFAST Webinar: Overview of Water Rights Litigation Nationwide with Stephen Bartell, Department of Justice
DESCRIPTION:The fourth WestFAST webinar of 2026 was held on Thursday, July 9 at 1pm Mountain Time. Stephen Bartell provided an update on the Department of Justice’s current water-related litigation in the West and beyond.\nVideo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tLEzg00XeI&t=1s ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tLEzg00XeI&t=1s )\nNo slide deck was used.\nPresenter Bio:\nStephen Bartell\nAssistant Section Chief, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources\nDivision, Natural Resources Section\nContact Information:\nEmail: stephen.bartell@usdoj.gov\nAddress: P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611\nOffice & Cell Phone No. (202) 532-3079\nCareer experience:\n1992 – Present: Trial Attorney, Senior Trial Attorney, and Assistant Section Chief for U.S. Department of Justice. Practice focuses on water rights issues and adjudications across the western United States. Examples include lead counsel for all state water rights adjudications and the Yucca Mountain water rights litigation in Nevada; United States v. Hage trespass litigation; RS 2477 rightsof-way litigation in Utah and North Dakota; and counsel in various natural resources cases, including NEPA, military preparedness, mining, timber, and county supremacy cases. Since spring 2016, Assistant Section Chief supervising the Justice Department team that is responsible for litigating all non-Indian western water rights cases on behalf of the United States, and most defensive cases on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Department of Energy, and National Nuclear Security Agency.\nEducation:\nJuris Doctor, University of Denver (1992)\nBachelor of Business Administration, University of Miami (1989)\nLicense:\nMember of the bar of Colorado, but practices on behalf of the United States in courts across the country\nInterests:\nSpending as much time as possible with 15 and 17 year old daughters, and getting out in the desert, mountains, or oceans. Skiing, camping, surfing, scuba diving, and music.\nFavorite Quote:\n“Whiskey is for drinkin’, water for fightin’.”\n
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/events/overview-of-water-rights-litigation-nation-wide/
ORGANIZER;CN=WestFAST:MAILTO:jasonolive@wswc.utah.gov
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LOCATION:via Microsoft Teams. See event details
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