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*Riley will soon be applying for admission to the DC Bar; until he is admitted, Riley will work under the supervision of our firm’s attorneys who are members of the DC Bar where such admission is relevant to a particular matter
Riley Varner joined Eubanks and Associates in 2026 as a Law Fellow. Before joining the firm, he served the Colorado Department of Law for a year as a Fellow in the Natural Resources and Environment Section. During that Fellowship, he supported multistate federal litigation, environmental quality litigation in Colorado, and administrative law counseling.
In law school, Riley clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and the Colorado Department of Law’s Natural Resources and Environment Section. During the school year, Riley served as a Casenote and Comment Editor for the University of Colorado Law Review, Treasurer for the Environmental Law Society, Teacher’s Assistant for Legal Writing I & II, and Team Leader on the Acequia Assistance Project. Before graduating, he was honored by CU Law’s Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment with the Gary C. Bryner Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes CU Law students who exemplify passion for natural resources law and kindness to others.
Riley received his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School and his B.A in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
When not litigating environmental issues, Riley can be found rock climbing, cycling, skiing, traveling internationally, or walking his dog.