John Draper will co-chair the 25th Annual New Mexico Water Law Conference in Santa Fe, NM, on September 11 and 12, 2017. John helped...

John Draper co-chaired the 24th Annual New Mexico Water Law Conference in Santa Fe, NM, on September 15 and 16, 2016. John helped found...

John Draper co-chaired the 22nd Annual New Mexico Water Law Conference in Santa Fe, NM, on September 11 and 12, 2014. John helped found this conference in 1993 and has co-chaired it every year since. This year, the conference featured presentations by New Mexico State Engineer Scott A. Verhines and the EPA's Administrator for the South Central Region, Ron Curry. The conference focused on water law, water policy and water disputes important to New Mexico water professionals.

Draper & Draper is honored to announce that John Draper is once again ranked as a “Star Individual” in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers USA 2014 says that “Clients appreciate [John's] ‘encyclopedic knowledge of case law’ and ‘great trial skills,’” with one client commenting that “‘[he'd] hire him again in a heartbeat.’” Chambers USA 2014 says that “John Draper is recognized as ‘the preeminent water lawyer’” in New Mexico.

John and Matthew Draper gave a presentation on the resolution of International transboundary and U.S. interstate water disputes to water experts and academics at Laval University, Quebec. The conference, entitled Transboundary Water Management in the Context of Climate Change, attracted eighty speakers from across the Americas, Europe and Asia to address international water use and dispute resolution. The Conference's Program was subsequently published and is available her