Bigelow Fellows
Fellows
Lecturers in Law
Anthony B. Derron
Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow, Lecturer in LawBiography
Tony Derron is a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law. His research emphasizes the ways in which the environment influences and reflects law and society. He utilizes environmental law as a lens to interrogate the assumptions and theories underlying other fields, like property and administrative law.
Prior to joining the Law School, Tony served at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, spearheading its multistate environmental efforts, as well as representing state agencies in litigation and rulemakings. Before that, he clerked for Chief Judge Brimmer on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and Justice Hood on the Colorado Supreme Court.
Tony holds a JD from Yale Law School and a BS in Business and Political Economy from NYU Stern School of Business.
Education
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Juris Doctor, May 2018
New York University Stern School of Business, New York, NY
Bachelor of Science in Business & Political Economy, cum laude, May 2015
Experience
Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Denver, CO
Assistant Attorney General, Air Quality, November 2022 – March 2023
Natural Resources and Environment Fellow, November 2021 – November 2022
Hon. Philip A. Brimmer, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Denver, CO
Law Clerk, October 2019 – October 2021
Hon. William W. Hood, III, Colorado Supreme Court, Denver, CO
Law Clerk, September 2018 – September 2019
Earthjustice, Denver, CO
Law Clerk, May – August 2017
US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, Washington, DC
Honors Law Clerk, May – August 2016
Sila Connection, New York, NY
Director, June 2014 – August 2015
Publications
Journal Articles
- "Unwritten Administrative Law and the Regulatory Last Mile in Cooperative Federalism," 173 University of Pennsylvania Law Review __ (2025) (forthcoming).
- "Trespass Plus: Ag-Gag and the Right to Exclude," 35 Georgetown Environmental Law Review 1 (2022). www
Works in Progress
Regulatory Reinforcement
Our Environmental Constitutions
Property’s Bias, Or Behavioral Lead and Economics
Administrative Democracy and the Practice of State Rulemaking
Bar Admissions
Admitted to Colorado Bar, Tenth Circuit, and the District of Colorado
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Colorado Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Advisory Council, 2020-2023