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John Bezdek is a Shareholder at Water and Power Law Group PC, based in Washington, DC. Bezdek has more than 31 years of experience in developing innovative solutions for resolution of conflicts in the protection and enhancement of Tribal water and fishing rights, development and management of water resources, and protection and propagation of endangered species. He is an expert in Reclamation law, including the development of water projects and allocation of costs, as well as the development and marketing of hydropower.
From 2016-2018, Bezdek was Counsel at Dentons LLC in the Public Policy and Regulation, Native American Law and Policy, and Energy practices. Previously, over the course of a twenty-year federal career, he was Counselor to the Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Interior, Assistant Solicitor for Water and Power Resources, and Deputy Director of the Secretary’s Indian Water Rights Office. In those capacities, he developed strategies to manage the effects of drought and climate change in western states and managed all legal matters related to the operation and administration of US Bureau of Reclamation projects and programs. Bezdek negotiated complex water rights settlements in the Klamath River Basin (Oregon and California), Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Colorado), with the Navajo Nation (New Mexico), and the Colorado Ute Tribes (New Mexico and Colorado).