Kelley

Dalton is a member of Butler Snow’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives & Credit Markets group. 

• Public Finance
• Governmental Finance

• Represents governmental entities and other transaction participations in public finance transactions and economic development matters.
• Represents governmental entities in connection with tax and debt elections, public private partnerships and the formation of quasi-municipal entities, including reviewing service plans for governmental entities in connection with the formation of metropolitan districts.
• Financings include general obligation bonds, user fee revenue bonds, excise tax revenue bonds, certificates of participation, lease transactions, tax increment financings and private activity bonds.
• Clients include governmental entities such as municipalities, counties, special districts, school districts, transportation agencies, urban renewal authorities, and downtown development authorities as well as underwriters.

• BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Ones to Watch, Public Finance Law, 2024-2025

• Colorado, 2019

• University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, J.D., 2019
  • Order of the Coif, 2019
  • Reese Persuasive Writing Award for Best Brief in Lawyering Process II
  • Scholastic Excellence Award for Highest Grade in Lawyering Process II
  • Provost Scholarship
  • Michael and Charlene Gustafson Scholarship
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers, Fundamentals of Bond Law Seminar - Frederic L. Ballard, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
  • Member, National Appellate Advocacy Team
  • Article Editor, University of Denver Water Law Review
• California State University Bakersfield, M.P.A., 2014
  • Outstanding Graduate
  • Capital One Academic All-American Second Team
  • PAC 12 Wrestling Scholar Athlete of the Year
  • Student Service Award for Outstanding Community Service
  • Wrestler and Team Captain
  • President, Western Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
  • President, California State University Bakersfield Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
• California State University Bakersfield, B.A., Political Science, 2012
  • Palmbach Political Science Award

• Presenter, “Picking the Right Tool for the Job – Options for Funding Your Capital Plan,” 2024 Colorado City & County Management Association Annual Conference.
• Presenter, “Municipal Bond Approval and Issuance Process for Colorado School Districts,” 2024 Colorado Association of School Business Officials Annual Conference.
• Presenter, “Funding Your Capital Plan,” 2023 Colorado Government Finance Officers Association Annual Conference.
• Presenter, “Give us the Money: Bond Issuance from Election to Closing,” 2023 Special District Association Annual Conference.
• Presenter, “Municipal Bonds 101,” 2023 Colorado Government Finance Officers Association Municipal Finance Webinar.
• Presenter, “TABOR,” 2022 Colorado Government Finance Officers Association Mini-Conference.
• Presenter, “The Devil is in the Details,” 2021 Colorado Government Finance Officers Association Annual Conference.
• Author, “Failure to Update Budget Projections in Bond Offering Prompts the SEC to Charge the School District and the CFO with Misleading Investors,” PFI Blog October 29, 2021.
• Author, “Rand Properties, LLC v. Filippini,” Denver Water L. Rev., November 9, 2017. 
• Author, “EPA Findings Provide Roadmap for Meaningful Regulation,” Denver Water L. Rev., September 21, 2017.
• Author, “The Other Black Gold,” Denver Water L. Review, March 23, 2017.
• Author, “Rangen, Inc. v. Idaho Dep’t of Water Res.,” Denver Water L. Review, January 31, 2017.
• Author, “Environmental New Federalism and Fracking; Lessons from the Colorado Experience,” California State University Bakersfield Walter Stiern Library, 2014.

• Colorado Lawyers Committee, Board of Directors, 2022-Present