Larry MacDonnell
Attorney/Consultant
Senior Fellow • Colorado River Research Group

Lawrence J. MacDonnell is an attorney and consultant in Â鶹¹ÙÍø who retired in 2013 as a professor of law at the University of Wyoming College of Law where he taught water law, public land law, and natural resources law. He is also a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center. He was the first director of the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado School of Law, a position he held between 1983 and 1994. Between 1995 and 2009 he worked as an attorney and consultant in Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Colorado. In recent years, his research and writing has focused largely on issues in the Colorado River Basin. His publications include numerous books, law review articles, other journal articles, and research reports.