Lindsey A. Ratcliff joined the Durango office of Maynes, Bradford, Shipps and Sheftel, LLP in March 2023. She practices in the areas of water, property, natural resources, and environmental law.

After passing the Colorado Bar Exam, Lindsey was an Assistant Attorney General Fellow at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office in the Natural Resource & Environment Section, and an Associate Attorney at Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., where her practice focused on water rights litigation and transactions. During law school, she served on the editorial board of the Water Law Review, and clerked for Grand Canyon Trust, Earthjustice, Colorado Water Trust, Colorado’s Division 5 Water Court, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, and Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP.

Outside of work, Lindsey spends her time exploring Southwest Colorado by foot, ski, paddleboard, and bike—often with a fly rod in hand. After graduating law school, she “walked home” along the 486-mile-long Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango.

Education

• J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law School, 2019
• M.E.M., Master of Environmental Management, Yale School of the Environment, 2016
• B.A., Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, 2012

Publication

• Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Susan Ryan, Josh Boissevain, and Lindsey Ratcliff, Understanding and Improving the Pro Se Litigant Experience in Water Court, 22 U. DENV. WATER L. REV. 653 (2019).

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Colorado, 2020