Riley Snow

Riley Snow

Chair of Water Law Department

Practice Areas: Water Law

 

Team Overview

Riley Snow leads Rose Law Group’s Water Law Department, representing clients in Arizona and Utah on matters related to water rights, real property, and resource development. He regularly appears for clients before state and federal agencies and in state and federal courts. His experience includes representing governmental entities, national and multi-national corporations, water companies, cooperatives, partnerships, and individuals. 

As a seventh-generation “Westerner,” he has long been involved in the natural resource issues affecting Utah and Arizona. He is honored to represent land and water right owners who expand our potential and improve our quality of life in the West.

Any spare time he can find is spent with his family or trying to find a hobby that actually sticks. Right now, that’s mountain biking. 

Professional Activities

  • 2024, Presenter, Utah Water Law: Rights, Development & Disputes, Halfmoon Education CLE Seminar
  • 2024, Presenter, Arizona Water Law, Rights & Regulations, Halfmoon Education CLE Seminar
  • 2022, Presenter, Recent Updates in Water Law, State Bar of Arizona CLE Seminar
  • 2020, Chair, The Latest and Greatest in Arizona Water Law, State Bar of Arizona CLE Seminar 
  • 2019, Co-Chair, Natural Resources & Environmental Law Update, State Bar of Arizona Annual Convention
  • 2019, Chair, Arizona Water Law: Update & Issues to Watch, State Bar of Arizona CLE Seminar
  • 2018, Co-Chair, Natural Resources & Environmental Law Update, State Bar of Arizona Annual Convention
  • 2018, Presenter, Arizona Water Law, NBI CLE Seminar
  • 2017-2022, Executive Counsel, Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section, State Bar of Arizona
  • 2016, Finalist, Special Master Selection, General Water Rights Adjudication, Third District Court, Utah
  • 2014, Rated “Top Valley Lawyer,” North Valley Magazine
  • 2013-16, Editorial Board, Maricopa Lawyer
  • 2013, Outreach Committee, Solo & Small Practice Section, State Bar of Arizona
  • 2011, Planning Committee, American Bar Association Annual Water Law Conference
  • 2009, Named “Rising Star,” Super Lawyers Rating Service
  • 2008-09, Executive Committee, Utah Chapter of American Water Resources Association

Admissions & Education

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona
  • Utah

Court Admissions

  • Arizona State and Federal Courts
  • Utah State and Federal Courts

Education

  • Juris Doctor and Graduate Certificate in Natural Resources and Environmental Law from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah
  • Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from the College of Natural Resources at Utah State University

In The News

Maricopa County Supervisor and Rose Law Group partner Thomas Galvin talks with PBS Arizona Horizon about solutions to Rio Verde Foothills water issue

July 17, 2023

WATCH HERE By Arizona Horizon | PBS The battle over water in the Rio Verde area has come to an end after Governor Hobbs signed a law that obligated the City of Scottsdale to provide water to the residents in the community. Several hundred people live in the unincorporated area and were warned repeatedly by the City of Scottsdale that

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Arizona limits construction around Phoenix as its water supply dwindles; Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose comments

June 6, 2023

By Christopher Flavelle, Jack Healy | New York Times Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the future housing construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area, and will stop developers from building some new subdivisions, a sign of looming trouble in the West and other places where overuse, drought and climate change

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