Areas of Practice

Water Rights

The firm represents governments, water organizations, and individuals in their water rights matters. Representative clients include Churchill County, Nevada; South Fork Water Board in Oregon City, Oregon; and Peri and Sons Farms, Inc., in Yerington, Nevada.

• Adjudications (Registrations, Claims, Contests and Maintenance of Use)   
• Interpretation and Enforcement of Decrees   
• Applications and Protests   
• Permits   
• Conditions   
• Certificates (Final Proof and Challenges)   
• Rotation Agreements Including Well Shares   
• Temporary Leases and Drought Transfers and Protests   
• Transfers (Place of Use, Point of Diversion, Type of Use)   
• Transfers (Surface to Ground Water)   
• Well Construction and Abandonment   
• Preservation of Water Rights   
• Acquisition, Due Diligence and Sales

Domestic and Agricultural Water Associations

Schroeder Law Offices, PC, is acts as district counsel for organizations such as Pershing County Water Conservation District (PCWCD), Lovelock, Nevada; Modoc Point Irrigation District, Chiloquin, Oregon; and South Fork Water Board, Oregon City, Oregon. Representation includes:

• Formation and Dissolution  
• Boundaries, Inclusion, Exclusion, Expansion
• Articles, Bylaws and Rules and Regulations  
• Registered Agent  
• Directors and Elections  
• Nonprofit, Municipal, and Quasi Municipal Requirements  
• Public Meetings and Records  
• Contracts and Intergovernmental Agreements  
• General Personnel Matters Including Employment Contracts  
• General Finances including Audits, Bonding and Reports  
• Easements and Licenses: Acquiring, Maintaining and Extinguishing
• Land Use Planning: Permitting and Agreements

Fedreal and State Government Regulation and Contracts

• US Bureau of Reclamation Contracts (Title, Amendments, Temporary, Permanent, Warren Act, Safety of Dams)   
• Reclamation Project Title Transfer   
• Dam Removal and Replacement   
• Negotiations for Memoranda of Understanding or Agreement   
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Review   
• Cultural Resources Compliance and Mitigation   
• Endangered Species Compliance, Challenges and Permitting   
• Clean Water Act Permitting (Dredge/Fill and Wetland) - Federal & State   
• Legislative Drafting and Lobbying Support (Federal and State)   
• Wellhead Protection and Drinking Water Health Department Compliance and Permitting

Litigation, Hearings, Appeals

• Torts (Trespass, Nuisance and Negligence)   
• Condemnation and Inverse Condemnation (Takings)   
• Statutory and Rule Violations   
• Quiet Title and Declaratory Judgments   
• Decree, Contract and Easement Enforcement   
• Administrative Matters Including Petitions for Judicial Review and Contested Cases   
• Appeals to State and Federal Appeals Courts

Easements, Land Use, Contracts for Property Interests

• Dam and Water Delivery (Ditch and Pipe) Access   
• Road Access   
• Lot Line Adjustments and Partitions   
• Water Delivery Contracts   
• Well Share Agreements   
• Drainage Agreements and Contracts   
• Construction, Maintenance and Operation Agreements