Lindsay Dofelmier
Of Counsel
Lindsay Dofelmier is Of Counsel in the Energy & Mining Group of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP. Operating at the leading edge of the energy transition, Lindsay leverages a deep understanding of regulatory and transactional landscapes to meet her client’s strategic business needs. With experience in the private, government, and non-profit sectors, when dealing with corporate transactions, compliance, and commercial litigation, she brings valuable insight to a range of natural resources, environmental, and energy issues ranging from critical minerals/rare earths, mining, renewables, endangered species, water law, public lands, and tribal consultation.
Lindsay’s practice is global and spans all facets of natural resources law and all stages of project development. She advises clients on resource development on public, private and Indian lands, complex commercial transactions, permitting, compliance, disputes, and issues arising under federal and state statutes related to energy, the environment, and natural resources. Lindsay provides full-service support for her clients in complex extractive and energy industry transactions and disputes – from conducting front-end due diligence and ESG consulting to drafting and negotiating merger agreements and related financing and investment instruments, providing daily operational support for projects, and representing clients in state and federal courts.
Prior to joining Davis Graham, Lindsay was an associate in the Houston and Denver offices of two major international law firms, where her practice focused on all facets of natural resources law, and a legal fellow in Defenders of Wildlife’s Denver office, where she worked a variety other of legal matters related to conservation and special status species. Lindsay also clerked for the Honorable Melinda Harmon of the Southern District of Texas.
Lindsay is admitted to practice before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Lindsay maintains a robust pro bono practice and is active in the firm’s diversity efforts and her local community. She is a member of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Clear Sky First Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
Presentations
- Co-presenter, “Net Smelter Return Royalties and Their Evolution for Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals”, FNREL Annual Institute
- Co-presenter, “America – On the Cusp on Another Industrial Revolution”, Idaho Mining Association
Memberships
- American Exploration and Mining Association (AEMA), Public Outreach Committee Member
- FNREL, DEI Committee Member and Young Professionals Committee Chair
- Mining and Land Resources Institute, Member
- Women in Mining Colorado Chapter, Member
- Women’s Mining Coalition, Member
- Women’s Energy Network, Member
- Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) Colorado, Member