Constance E. Brooks
CE Brooks & Associates PC
Constance E. (Connie) Brooks, Esq. started the firm of C. E. Brooks & Associates in Denver, Colorado in January, 1993. Constance E. Brooks specializes in federal regulatory issues, including aviation noise and land use [Airport Noise and Capacity Act and National Environmental Policy Act], natural resources, and related environmental matters, such as, mining, mineral leasing, rights-of-way and access rights, livestock grazing, as well as federal and state land use planning. She has handled federal litigation in most western states and in the District of Columbia. She also handles administrative litigation within the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service. Before forming her own firm, Ms. Brooks practiced law in Portland, Oregon for four years, where she was a member of the firms of Davis Wright Tremaine and Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler. From 1982 to 1988, Ms. Brooks was Vice President and General Counsel of Mountain States Legal Foundation in Denver, Colorado. Before moving to Denver, Colorado in 1982, Ms. Brooks worked in Washington, D.C. for an Alaska-based law firm which represented Alaskan clients on the proposed wilderness legislation now known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The practice included Alaska Native corporation issues, mining law, state land selections and related statehood issues, the Antiquities Act of 1906, and rights under the Wilderness Act of 1964. Statehood issues pertaining to state lands, regulation of wildlife, and water rights were prominent. Ms. Brooks is a 1977 graduate of Tulane Law School and a member of the bar in Virginia, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and the District of Columbia. She has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia and the Ninth and Tenth Circuits. She has lectured and written extensively on public land and environmental issues.
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