Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Taylor Hawes was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1997 and practices municipal, land use, environmental and water law. Ms. Hawes graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991 with a B.A. in political science. Ms. Hawes received her Juris Doctorate degree from the Vermont Law School in 1997.
Currently, Ms. Hawes serves as Associate Counsel to the Colorado River Water Conservation District in Glenwood Springs. Her responsibilities include working on water quality and Wild and Scenic issues, the Statewide Water Supply Investigation, environmental permitting, and water rights litigation. In addition to serving on the Board of the Colorado Water Trust, Ms. Hawes serves on the Boards of the Colorado Foundation for Water Education and the Colorado Institute for Leadership Training. Past Boards include Summit Recycling Project, American Water Resources Association, and High Country Soccer.
Ms. Hawes served as Co-Director of Northwest Colorado Council of Governments’ Water Quality and Quantity Committee (“QQ”) from 1997 to 2004. QQ is an advocacy group for the six headwater counties of Colorado that lobbied in the Colorado General Assembly and other statewide forums. Ms. Hawes also managed the Upper Colorado River Project (“UPCO”), which was a six-year study and solutions-oriented project in Summit and Grand Counties to address impacts associated with diversions to the Front Range from the West Slope. She served as a consultant to various towns and counties on land use and water related issues from 1998 to 2004 and acted as town attorney for Montezuma in Summit County, Colorado.