Federico . Cheever
University Of Denver Sturm College Of Law
Prof. Federico Cheever is professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He came to Denver as an associate attorney for the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (1987-1989). With a few exceptions, he has been in Denver ever since. Between 1990 and 1993, he was an associate at the law firm Faegre & Benson in Denver. He began teaching at the University of Denver College of Law in 1993, specializing in Environmental Law, Wildlife Law, Public Land Law, Land Conservation Transactions, and Property. From 2005 to 2007, he served as an adjunct professor at the Colorado School of Mines, teaching Environmental Law. In 2006, he was selected DU Law Star for excellence in teaching. In 2011, the students of the College of Law chose Prof. Cheever the Most Outstanding Faculty Member for that year. Professor Cheever writes extensively about the Endangered Species Act, federal public land law, and land conservation transactions. He has co-authored a natural resources casebook, Natural Resources Law: A Place-Based Book of Problems and Cases, with Christine Klein and Bret Birdsong (3d ed. 2013). Currently he serves as co-director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program.
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