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Daniel Jensen has been practicing natural resources law since 1988. His practice encompasses water, mining, oil and gas, public land and administrative law. Mr. Jensen focuses on transactional work involving mineral interests, water rights and public lands, acquisitions and transfers of mineral land and water rights, title and due diligence reviews, land use entitlements, and development agreements. Mr. Jensen also handles related litigation, including disputes concerning property titles and boundaries, access rights, mining claims, water right ownership and modifications, regulatory compliance, and proceedings before the federal Interior Board of Land Appeals, the federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining, and the Utah Division of Water Rights.

Mr. Jensen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Utah and spent three years as a mining engineer for Shell Oil Company in Houston, Texas and Springfield, Illinois.

Mr. Jensen has served as Chair of the Utah State Bar's Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law section as well as Chair of the Water Law committee and Chair of the Mining Law committee within that section. In 2005, he was named as the section's "Lawyer of the Year."

Mr. Jensen is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts of Utah and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a Trustee and member of the Executive Committee for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (2006-present) and a former judge pro tempore in the Third Judicial District Court for Salt Lake County (small claims, 1991-2005).

Mr. Jensen was listed in Utah Business Magazine's 2008 Legal Elite in energy and natural resources. He was also listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2008 edition and the 2008 Mountain States Super Lawyers.

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  NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

• "27 Parr Waddoups Attorneys Recognized by Mountain States Super Lawyers 2008", Press Release, July 1, 2008
• "39 Parr Waddoups Lawyers Named As 2008 Legal Elite", Press Release, January 15, 2008
• "26 Ranked as Best Lawyers in America for 2008", Press Release, October 15, 2007
• "15 Parr Waddoups Attorneys Named 2007 Mountain States Super Lawyers", Press Release, June 28, 2007
• "Law Firms Derive Significant Business From Guiding Mining Industry Through A Mine's Entire Life Cycle", Enterprise, Utah Focus, June 2007
• "21 Parr Waddoups Attorneys Ranked as Best Lawyers in America for 2007", Press Release, September 2006
• "Parr Waddoups Attorney Elected To Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Executive Committee", Press Release, August 22, 2006
• "28 Parr Waddoups Lawyers Named Legal Elite in 2006", Press Release, January 2006
• "Parr Waddoups Lawyers Selected As Best In America for 2006", Press Release, January 2006
• "Daniel Jensen voted ENREL Lawyer of the Year", Press Release, October 5, 2005
• "Water Strategist Monthly Report on Western Water Markets", Water Strategist, July 2005
• "Parr Waddoups Attorney Negotiates Geneva Steel Water Rights", Press Release, May 24, 2005
• "US Mining Industry Outlook Brighter", Prospecting and Mining Journal, June 2004
• "Utah Farmers Are Told To Use Water Or Lose It", Deseret Morning News, May 27, 2004
• "A Commodity Most Precious", Beef magazine, March 2004

  SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Access to Mineral Properties, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, May 2008
• Forfeiture of Water Rights, Utah State Bar, March 2008
• Mineral Interest Conveyances: What Exactly is the Mineral and How Much was Conveyed? Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, October 2007
• Mineral Interests & Duhig Rule, American Association of Professional Landmen, September 2007
• Conveyance Of Mineral Interests and the Duhig Rule, Nevada Landmen's Association, March 2007
• Water Law Update: Recent Developments, October 2005
• Utah State Bar ENREL Annual Update, May 2005
• "Access on Federal Public Lands," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, February 2005
• Clarifying Utah's Water Law, March 2004