Ric Fanyo, Co-Managing Director
Ric Fanyo has been co-managing director of the firm since 2000. From over 30 years of practice, he has acquired an unusual combination of expertise in public utility regulation and mining law by representing clients in a wide variety of issues in both fields. As a result, he is one of the relatively few attorneys whose experience encompasses the complete energy cycle - from mineral extraction through processing, delivery and consumption.
Ric has developed longstanding relationships with many clients by not only representing their interests in particular utility regulation and mining issues initiated by other parties, but also counseling them about opportunities available to them for affirmative action to achieve their business objectives. His familiarity with his clients' operations and competitive circumstances combined with his broad experience enables him to identify those opportunities that might be overlooked otherwise. Whether representing existing or new clients, his approach to every engagement is to formulate realistic strategies to accomplish his clients' goals and then implement them to achieve satisfactory results.
Career Highlights
Represented large industrial and mining customers in every major electricity and natural gas rate and resource planning proceeding in Colorado since 1976
Represented large electricity and natural gas customers in negotiating and litigating utility service agreements and service performance disputes, power supply planning and related legislation
Represented Denver's leading taxi and airport shuttle carriers in all regulatory matters and acquisitions since 1997
Represented CLECs in major telecommunications merger proceedings in Colorado and in litigation with ILECs
Sole arbitrator of power marketing and transmission dispute between major utilities on the Western grid
Represented coal, uranium, hardrock and stone mining clients in permitting and environmental compliance proceedings, negotiating and litigating product sales agreements, negotiating and litigating federal, state and private mineral leases and royalties, purchases and sales of mining properties, and related legislation
Best Lawyers in America, Public Utilities/Energy Law, 1995-present
Law clerk to Chief Judge Fred M. Winner of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 1976
United States Navy, 1970-1973
Supply Officer, USS Nathan Hale (SSBN 623B), 1972-1973
Community Involvement & Affiliations
General Counsel, Colorado Council International Reading Association, 1978 to present
Board of Visitors, DePauw University, 2006-2009
Practitioner in Residence, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, 2006
Member of the American, Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
Colorado Mining Association
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
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