Laura L. Chartrand
Messner Reeves LLP
Laura Chartrand, Esq. is the Deputy Attorney General for the Natural Resources and Environment Section at the Colorado Attorney General's Office. She oversees the litigation and general counsel advice for the agencies within the Department of Natural Resources and the environmental divisions of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Before joining the Attorney General's Office, Chartrand was a policy advisor at the Western Governors' Association, where she advised the governors of 19 western states and 3 U.S.-flag islands on a variety of critical natural resources issues. Prior to joining the Western Governors' Association, Chartrand worked as a water resources policy advisor at Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. She also spent several years in private practice at Holsinger Law, LLC representing clients on a range of natural resources matters, including water resources and quality, public lands, energy development, and endangered species. Chartrand earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. She received her Bachelor's degree from the State University of New York, New Paltz. Prior to her legal and policy work, Chartrand spent nearly fifteen years in higher education and corporate management positions.
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