John H. Bernetich
Counsel
Email: jbernetich@williamsweese.com
Phone: (303) 861-2828 ext. 2509
Federal Lands
Energy and Natural Resources
Environmental
Business and Corporate
Litigation
John Bernetich is an environmental, energy and commercial litigation attorney. He represents clients in a broad range of complex litigation and regulatory matters, with a focus on energy, public lands, air pollution, environmental assessments, and commercial contract disputes. He specializes in advising and representing clients that are regulated by federal environmental and land management agencies.
John has represented clients in all levels of federal court, including the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as state courts and federal agencies. He advises clients on matters under federal environmental and natural resources statutes, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Endangered Species Act, Mineral Leasing Act, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Atomic Energy Act, and others, as well as compliance with complex regulations issued under those statutes. John also regularly advises clients regarding general commercial and employment disputes.
Before joining the firm, John was an associate at a boutique environmental law firm in Washington, DC, and a law clerk to Judge Peter W. Hall of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
John teaches federal public lands law as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He also co-authors a quarterly newsletter on Congress and Federal Agencies for the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation). For years, John was the Vice Chair of the Constitutional Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.
