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The 12th Annual Santa Fe Advanced Conference on Litigating Natural Resource Damages

July 18, 2019 at 9:15am – 10:15am
James H. Colopy
La Fonda Santa Fe Hotel
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Jim Colopy will be speaking on "Federal Update: Key case law and administrative developments from the federal perspective, and a discussion of important issues from the federal trustees’ perspective" at the Natural Resource Damages Conference. 

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