Michael L. Beatty: Colorado 500 - Natural Resources Law

Chairman Emeritus, Founder, Beatty & Wozniak

ColoradoBiz Staff //April 21, 2026//

Chairman Emeritus, Founder, Beatty & Wozniak

ColoradoBiz Staff //April 21, 2026//

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Michael Beatty is one of the founders of Beatty & Wozniak, bringing more than four decades of experience representing clients in the energy industry, with a career that began during the chaotic aftermath of natural gas deregulation in the late 1970s. A first-chair litigator in some of the industry’s most consequential legal battles, Beatty has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in complex matters, including a $549 million antitrust verdict and a unanimous 9-0 victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in Donald J. Willy v. Coastal Corporation. Before co-founding the firm, he served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President at The Coastal Corporation, General Counsel at Colorado Interstate Gas, and Chief of Staff to Colorado Governor Roy Romer. Although now retired, his legacy at the firm remains significant. As he has said, “the history of the world can be defined as the history of energy.”

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