Utsarga creatively resolves tough disputes for energy and natural resources clients, handles administrative and civil appeals, and helps clients navigate ever-changing regulations.
Utsarga focuses on energy and environmental law. He guides clients through regulations impacting energy projects and royalty payments, strategically intervenes in rulemaking process on behalf of clients, litigates agency enforcement actions and orders, defends project approvals and, when necessary, challenges agency decisions in courts. He does all this with an eye towards creative, compelling, and persuasive advocacy and with the client’s long-term business goals in mind.
Clients benefit from Utsarga’s past work experience involving strategic counseling and collaborative problem solving on complex national and global issues, including supply chain sustainability, disaster response and recovery, and climate change policies.
Before joining Holland & Hart, Utsarga served as a judicial clerk for Justice Monica M. Márquez of the Colorado Supreme Court. During law school, Utsarga was a member of the Civil Litigation Clinic and an extern at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.