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Joe Dischinger
Fairfield and Woods P.C.
ColoradoBiz Staff //March 18, 2025//
For more than 35 years, Joe Dischinger, 68, has helped landowners, governments, and businesses work through their water issues from acquisition of rights to storage plans. A director at Fairfield and Woods in Denver, Dischinger has experience with most every federal and state environmental law, but he said he especially loves the strands of policy, history, economics, and science that are woven into water law.
“I particularly enjoy working with engineers and hydrologists, who can advise the court about the impact of one use of water on other water rights,” said Dischinger, citing issues associated with farmers selling senior water rights to growing municipalities. “Balancing the productive use of water with environmental needs is immensely challenging, and it will continue to be increasingly daunting as the population grows and climate change alters the amount and timing of water runoff.”
“Lawyers don’t have as much power as most people think, because decisions are made by clients and judges,” he added. “However, as a water lawyer, power comes from representing clients with substantial senior water rights, who are affected by and can affect the availability of water to others.”
