Mr Carlos D Ronstadt

About Mr Carlos D Ronstadt

<p style="margin-left:.25in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify">Carlos Ronstadt has been practicing water and natural resources law in Arizona since 1982. During that time, he has represented numerous clients in natural resource and water matters with a focus on water rights, public lands and &ldquo;agricultural&rdquo; real estate. His experience includes the evaluation, acquisition, and utilization of groundwater and surface water rights, including rights to Colorado River water and Central Arizona Project water, and representation of claimants in Arizona's ongoing water rights adjudications of the Gila and Little Colorado watersheds. Highlights of his career include the successful lobbying of Congress for the passage of the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005. He also worked with Arizona&rsquo;s state legislature on numerous matters, including passage of legislation to clarify ownership of water rights appurtenant to state lands.</p> <p style="margin-left:.25in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify">Mr. Ronstadt also represented a major irrigation district in the renegotiation of its repayment contract with the Federal government. He negotiated the conveyance of 9,000 acres of wetlands and wildlife habitat to the U.S. Forest Service. He also worked with numerous real estate developers to secure 100-year assured or adequate water supplies that are required in order to subdivide real property in Arizona. He has been listed in <em>Best Lawyers</em> since 1995.</p> <p style="margin-left:.25in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify">As a fifth generation Arizonan, Mr. Ronstadt has a great love for this state, its history and its people. In 1975, he earned his undergraduate degree in hydrology from the University of Arizona, and then worked for an engineering firm on numerous water matters in Arizona and New Mexico before going to law school, also at the University of Arizona. He graduated in 1981, and began practicing law in Phoenix several years later.</p>

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• Law School: U of Arizona

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