Steve Kelton

Legal & Business Solutions Coordinator

My mission is to work with people, businesses, and governments to help them adopt an equitable, ecologically sustainable way of operating.

(720) 507-3854
steve@dev.jrwiener.com
Boulder, CO

Steve has spent most of his legal career in environmental litigation while at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Holland & Knight, and the D.C. government. He has sued two federal agencies and has filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court. For several years he was the Chief of Enforcement and Environmental Justice with the D.C. Department of Energy & Environment, seeing first-hand the effects of inequity.

Steve is married and has twin boys in elementary school. In his free time he renovates old houses, plays harmonica, gardens, skis, climbs 14ers, and generally tries to stay one step ahead of his kids.

Sectors

LOHAS brands
Craft beer
Freelance and gig economy
Technology and #platformcoops
Local and independent food and beverage
Co-working
Impact investing
Local and impact investing
User, consumer, producer, multi-stakeholder ownership models
Farming, agriculture, and food producer
Mental health
Transportation
Employee ownership
Consulting and professional services
Solar and renewable energy and electric utility regulation

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Practice Areas

General business
Enforcement/compliance
Environmental

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Education

B.A. cum laude, University of Colorado

J.D. Vermont Law School

Editorial Board member, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law

Honors/Awards

Appointed by Mayor to D.C. Task Force for Business Regulatory Reform (2013-2014)

Bar Admissions

Colorado – 2006

Publications

Helped write Rapanos v. United States: Searching for a Significant Nexus Using Proximate Causation and Foreseeability Principles, Environmental Law Reporter (December, 2010).
Contributor to Endangered Species Deskbook, 2nd ed. by Lawrence Liebesman and Rafe Petersen; Environmental Law Institute (2009).
Wrote chapter on “Creating a Sustainable Law Practice” in Green Building and Sustainable Development: The Practical Legal Guide, American Bar Association (2009).