James M. King
James King, Esq., is of counsel with the Denver office of BakerHostetler. Jim's practice has concentrated on all aspects of public land law, mining law, energy law, real property law and construction law, including transactional work related to numerous types of minerals and many types of real estate transactions. His practice has also involved litigation before several administrative tribunals and state and federal courts concerning the rights of mining claimants and other citizens to use of the public lands, disputes related to mining and real estate agreements, and the rights of conflicting claimants to mining property, water rights and other rights in real property. He has represented mine owners on major mine construction contracts, some for multi-billion dollar projects, and has participated in a wide variety of acquisitions and loan transactions involving farms and ranches and commercial and resort real estate. Jim graduated from the University of Colorado with an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and, in 1976, his law degree. Jim was the 2004-05 President of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and is now a lifetime trustee. He has written several papers and articles on selected areas of mining law, public land law and mineral contracting. He has also taught and spoken at numerous educational seminars and to numerous professional groups and undergraduate, graduate and law school classes about mining and real property legal issues. He presently teaches a course on Negotiating Natural Resources Agreements in the Graduate Studies Program in Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is also co-chair of the Title Standards Committee of the Colorado Bar Association.
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