David B. Hartvigsen

Practice Areas: Water Law; Local Government Law.
Admitted: 1989, Utah; 1990, District of Columbia, Colorado, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, District of Columbia Circuit

Law School: University of Utah, J.D., 1987.

College: Brigham Young University, B.A., with honors, 1983; University of Utah, M.B.A., 1986.

Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Utah State Bar (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources Law; Governmental Law); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources Law; Law Practice Management).

Biography: Mr. Hartvigsen's practice is centered on the areas of water law and local governmental law. He represents individual and corporate water right holders, irrigation and canal companies, water districts, and municipalities on water matters and related matters such as master planning, impact fee enactments, eminent domain actions, contract bidding and administration, rules adoption and revision. He has written articles and lectured on many of these topics. He also received recognition from the American Bar Association’s Section of Urban, State & Local Government Law for a paper on Western Fencing Law.
Mr. Hartvigsen is active in several professional organizations and has served as Chair of the Utah State Bar’s Energy, Natural Resources, and Environmental Law Section. He also served as Chair of that Section’s Water Law Committee and as President of the Utah Section of the American Water Resources Association.

Languages: Japanese.

Born: Salt Lake City, Utah, April 27, 1959.