Kieth and Georgia Gray

We began our client relationship with Schroeder Law Offices, P.C. in 1994, as individuals within a group of Newlands Project water users in a United States District Court case brought by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (“PLPT”) to cancel Nevada decreed water rights in the Project, known as the Alpine Petition Cases. 

SLO protected our interests, during the thirteen years that the case moved through administrative hurdles.  In 2009, SLO worked with us to negotiate a successful settlement agreement with PLPT that resulted in dismissal of the PLPT’s claim against us.

PLPT’s claim alleged that we had abandoned or forfeited our water rights during the years 1984 through 1990.  Because PLPT’s claim of abandonment and non-use was for a period of time that was more than 20 years ago, settlement required Schroeder Law to work with us in navigating through and obtaining old records to prove our water use.  This research culminated in the preparation of an affidavit and supporting settlement packet demonstrating our water use during the alleged period of non-use.  Schroeder Law worked with us as we learned Nevada water law particular to our situation and helped us structure our settlement negotiation for the best possible legal success in addressing the PLPT challenge.