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Bradley R. Cahoon

Salt Lake City, UT

(801) 257-1948
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Education

University of Utah College of Law, J. D., 1991
William H. Leary Scholar Brigham Young University, B. A., 1988
 

Professional Experience

Mr. Cahoon represents a variety of clients in all aspects of environmental, zoning, land use, natural resources and water law, including litigation, administrative and regulatory law and government relations. Typical clients include developers, financial institutions, manufacturers, oil, gas and mining companies, landowners, government entities, wireless telecommunications carriers, water companies, public utilities, pipeline companies, insurance companies, and public interest groups.

Mr. Cahoon is active in the community as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Lung Association of Utah, with which he also served as a past chairman. He is a member of the Asthma Walk Committee, and has served as the Steering Committee Chairman for Envision Utah Brownfield Redevelopment Solutions.

Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Experience

Brad Cahoon Represents a variety of clients in all aspects of environmental, zoning, land use, natural resources and water law, including litigation, administrative and regulatory law and government relations. Typical clients include developers, financial institutions, manufacturers, oil, gas and mining companies, landowners, government entities, wireless telecommunications carriers, water companies, public utilities, pipeline companies, insurance companies, and pubic interest groups.

Environment
Prosecuted and defended complex environmental and natural resources damage cases under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Section 404 wetlands permit programs, National Environmental Policy Act, comparable state laws, and common law theories.
Lead environmental counsel for purchasers of 261-acre Sharon Steel and Silver Refinery Superfund sites in Midvale, Utah; 1700-acre Geneva Steel RCRA site in Vineyard, Utah ($46.8 million); contaminated 61-acre railfield in Las Vegas; 905-acre paper mill brownfield in Houston, Texas; and leaking underground tank and dry cleaner sites nationwide.

Zoning & Land Use
Handled more than 85 contentious wireless antenna tower permit application proceedings in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah, including litigating permit denials in federal district courts under 1996 Telecom Act.
Represented variety of owners and developers in complex, and at times contentious, zoning and land use matters, including Westgate Resort, Quarry Village, Sun Canyon Lodge, The Enclave at Cedar Draw, Deer Crest, Carden Academy, Park City Mountain Resort, Star Pointe Ranch (now Promontory) Blue Sky Ranch and Hideout Lake Colorado, among other projects.

Water
Negotiated sale of and rendered title opinion on over 500 acre feet of water rights acquired for Sundance Ski Resort and surrounding community.
Represented national lenders on multi-million dollar loans secured in part by ground and surface water rights located in Nevada and Utah.
Represented mining company since mid-1990s in contentious ground and surface water rights lawsuit and adjudication against irrigation company in central Utah.

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