Sean Hood
- Role
- Water Lawyer and Litigator at Fennemore
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sean Hood
I help clients acquire and protect the water supplies that are critical to their…
Experience
Water Lawyer and Litigator
Dec 2011 — Present
Sean has been named “Lawyer of the Year” in water law and is recognized in Chambers USA as a Band 1 practitioner. Sean has two decades of experience advising Fortune 500 companies and other businesses on a broad range of disputes involving water rights, environmental permitting, partnership and shareholder interests, breach of contract, business torts, and real estate. Sean chairs Fennemore’s Business Litigation practice group, and he has a strong track record of success in the courtroom (see Representative Cases, below) and in achieving advantageous settlements. Sean has wide-ranging trial experience in complex water rights litigation in state and federal court, and has been lead counsel in each of the first several trials to resolve contested water right claims in the Gila River General Stream Adjudication. Sean helps his clients acquire and protect their surface water and groundwater supplies used for mining, real estate development, M&I, and agricultural purposes. Sean has in-depth experience litigating highly technical water rights disputes, often involving numeric groundwater modeling, on issues including federal reserved water right claims, subflow, and assured water supply. He also litigates issues arising under various environmental laws, and has successfully defended land ownership interests in navigability for title proceedings under the Equal Footing Doctrine. Sean advises clients on a wide range of Western water rights issues, including Colorado River issues, and he handles cases throughout the West. Sean practices regularly at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts, as well as before a variety of administrative boards and commissions. Sean is also an author and commentator on various water resources topics, including desalination, Colorado River issues, and California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
Education
Notre Dame Law School
Juris Doctor, with honors
2000 — 2003
Santa Clara University
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Environmental Law
- Water Law
- Licensing
- Breach of Contract
- Trials
- Legal Research
- Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
- Corporate Law
- Environmental Litigation
- Real Estate
- Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Legal Writing
- Civil Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Dispute
- Intellectual Property
- Commercial Litigation
- Appeals
- Administrative Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
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