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Wendy Bowden Crowther 
Salt Lake City, Utah
Director
phone (801) 322-2516
fax (801) 521-6280
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Wendy Bowden Crowther is a Shareholder at Clyde Snow. She received her juris doctor (J.D.) from the University of Utah College of Law. She attended college at the University of Utah , where she earned a bachelor of science in Anthropology and bachelor of arts in history.

In addition to her Utah license, Ms. Crowther is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Primary areas of practice include:

  • Natural Resources Law
  • Water Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Eminent Domain (Condemnation)

Ms. Crowther represents municipalities, water districts, irrigation companies, and individual water right holders. She regularly appears before the Division of Water Rights (Utah State Engineer), as well as the courts. She has experience representing clients in matters dealing with Reclamation Law, the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.

Ms. Crowther is a member of the Utah State Bar's Energy, Natural Resources & Environmental Law Section, She currently serves as the section treasurer and as the chair of the section's Water Law Committee. Ms. Crowther is a vice-chair of the American Bar Association Section of Environmental, Energy and Resources' Water Law Committee. She is co-chair of the 2008 ABA Water Law Conference. Ms. Crowther is a regular presenter at water law conferences and her presentations include Practicing Water Law in Utah (2003), Fundamentals of Water Law in Utah (2004), Water Right Sales & Transfers The Pitfalls (2004-2007), Utah Groundwater Rights (2004-2007), and Utah Water Law: The Nuts and Bolts of Administrative Practice (2005). She is the author of Native American Graves Protection & Reparations Act: How Kennewick Man Uncovered the Problems of NAGPRA , Journal of Land, Resources, Environmental Law, Vol. 20, No.2 (2000).

Ms. Crowther can be contacted at wbc@clydesnow.com .

Areas of Practice:
Natural Resources
Water Law
Environmental Law
Condemnation
Bar Admissions:
Utah, 2000
U.S. District Court District of Utah, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2002
Education:
University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2000
J.D.
Law Journal: Journal of Land, Resources, & Environmental Law, 1999 - 2000


University of Utah, Utah
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
Major:  History


University of Utah, Utah
B.S.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
Major:  Anthropology


Published Works:
Native American Graves Protection & Reparations Act: How Kennewick Man Uncovered the Problems of NAGPRA, 20 J. Land, Resources, Envtl. L. 269, Vol. 20, No.2, 2000


Representative Clients:
Central Utah Water Conservancy District
South Jordan City
Honors and Awards:
2008 Mountain States Environmental Law Rising Star Attorney, 2008 - Present


Professional Associations and Memberships:
ABA Section of Environment, Energy & Resources


Utah State Bar, Energy, Natural Resources & Environmental Law Section


Pro Bono Activities:
Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division - Tuesday Night Bar, 2000 - 2001
Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division - Service Committee, 2002 - 2003
Grand Theater Board of Directors, 2007 - Present
Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Kappa Phi

The law firm of Clyde Snow Sessions & Swenson is a Utah institution. Our lawyers proudly assist clients throughout Utah and the intermountain west, including the cities of Salt Lake City, Orem, Provo, Ogden, Park City, Tooele, Heber City, and St. George (Saint George) for over 50 years with resolving their legal issues, including water rights, eminent domain, white collar crime, and family law, as well as business formation and complex litigation issues.

 
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