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HOME | PROFESSIONALS | KENNETH D. HUBBRARD

Kenneth D. Hubbard - Of Counsel


khubbard@fognanilaw.com
Telephone: 303.382.6234
Facsimile: 303.382.6210

Experience
Ken Hubbard has practiced law for more than 50 years, primarily in the area of natural resources law (mining, oil and gas, environmental and water law), with extensive experience in both transactional work and the handling of appeals of administrative decisions. He has also worked in the area of reviewing, analyzing and commenting upon proposed amendments to both legislation and regulations affecting this area of the law, at all levels -- local, state, national and international. While at Holland & Hart, he represented a large number of oil and gas and mining clients. While in the Aspen office of Holland & Hart (1967-74), he also handled a number of real property transactions and land use matters. In the Denver, Aspen and Washington, DC (1987-89) offices of Holland & Hart, he handled numerous matters involving mining claims located under the General Mining Law of the United States, oil shale litigation and other natural resources matters, including some uranium and coal matters. While at the Denver offices of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll and Dorsey & Whitney, Ken continued to work in these areas, including substantial transactional work related to mining projects in both the United States and other countries, especially in Latin America. Since becoming Of Counsel to Fognani & Faught in 2001, he has continued to work in all of these areas of the law, especially on matters relating to mining projects in Asia. He has also acted as an arbitrator in a number of mining and oil and gas disputes involving projects in both the United States and in other countries.

Professional Organizations
  • Denver Bar Association (Former Chair of Legal Services Committee, Former Member of Community Concerns Committee)
  • Colorado Bar Association (Availability of Legal Services Committee; Chair of International Law Committee 2000-2001)
  • American Bar Association (Section of Energy, Environmental and Resources Law-Former Chair of Public Lands Committee, Hard Minerals Committee and International Resources Committee)
  • Former Member of International Bar Association (Section of Energy and Resources Law)
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Former President and Trustee for Life)
  • Colorado University Natural Resources Law Center (Former Advisory Board Member)
  • Center for the New West (Former Board Member)
  • International Mining Professionals Society (Co-Founder and Former President)
  • Colorado Mining Association (Chair of Public Lands Committee)
  • Independent Petroleum Association of the Mountain States
  • Denver Gold Group
  • Chamber of the Americas (Board Member)
  • The Nature Conservancy (Former Trustee and Vice-Chair of the Colorado Chapter)
  • Thorne Ecological Institute (Former Trustee and Chair)

Legal Presentations/Writings
  • Exploration in Central and South America and How It Affects the Landman and Lawyer," 10th Annual A.A.P.L. Mining and Geothermal Institute
  • Program Chairman for the Special Institute on International Oil, Gas and Mining Development in Latin America presented by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (RMMLF) and American Bar Association SONREEL, 1994
  • Chair, Special Institute on International Resources Law II presented by the RMMLF and International Bar Association SERL, 1995
  • "Hot Topics in Natural Resources," University of Colorado School of Law luncheon series
  • "Multiple Use and Sustained Yield: Changing Philosophies for Federal Land Management," Panelist, Congressional Research Series Seminar, Washington, D.C.
  • "Mining Patent Litigation - New Mining Law Issues," National Mining Association Mining Lawyers meeting and Colorado Bar Association/Mineral Law Section luncheon, 1996
  • "The Application of State Conservation Laws to Oil and Gas Operations on the Public Domain," 32 Rocky Mountain Law Review 109-127 and 263-286
  • "Ah Wilderness (But What About Access and Prospecting)," 15 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 585
  • "Dredge Mining and Wild Burros - A Tale of Two Cases and the Issue of State Versus Federal Regulation of Mineral Development on Public Domain Lands," 23 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 71
  • "The Mining Law of 1872: A Legal and Historical Analysis," National Legal Center for the Public Interest
  • "Drafting Private Agreements Relating to Public Lands," Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 3, No. 1 p. 9, Winter, 1988
  • "Defending the 1872 Mining Law," Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 5, No. 3, p. 37, Winter 1991
  • "The Wilderness Act's Impact on Mining Activities: Policy Versus Practice," published in the 1998 Natural Resources Symposium issue of the Denver University Law Review
  • Co-Author of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Form 5 Model Form Mining Venture Agreement
  • Adjunct Professor of Law (Mining Law) at Denver University Law School (2000-2004).


Disclaimer
Practice Areas
Natural Resources, including Domestic and International Mining Law
Environmental
Coal, Oil and Gas Law, with Special Emphasis on Federal Public Lands Law
Water Law

Education
Harvard Law School (LL.B, 1959)
Harvard College (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1956)

Professional Recognition Best Lawyers in America (1989-Present)
International Who's Who Legal

Admitted to Practice
Supreme Court of Colorado
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court for the District of Colorado