Ralph Cantafio

Mr. Cantafio is licensed to practice in the state courts of Alaska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as a host of U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Claims, the 3rd and 10th Circuit Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

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In addition to practicing Law, Ralph is also Lecturer (Adjunct Professor) teaching in the Global Energy Management Program educating graduate students at the University of Colorado, Denver. Ralph teaches Environmental, Regulatory, Legal, and Political Environment in the Energy Industry as well as Land Use and Energy Contracts.

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Mr. Cantafio has also lectured foreign professionals, primarily from Nigeria and China, focusing on international oil and gas law, as well as international contracts and drafting of the same.

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His education includes not only a Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado School of Law, but a Master of Science in Mineral Economics from the prestigious Colorado School of Mines and a Master of Science in Global Energy Management from the University of Colorado-Denver, where he now teaches.

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With two professional oil and gas certificates in Petroleum Land Management and Energy Finance from the University of Denver, numerous professional affiliations, publications as well as numerous industry presentations, Ralph’s knowledge of the oil and gas industry is extensive.

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Ralph also lectures as to a wide breadth of issues concerning commercial transactions and litigation as well as contributes articles regularly to legal journals as well as other trade periodicals. He has occasionally written for the Texas A&M Law Journal. 

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Ralph was a member of the Judicial Performance Committee for the 14th Judicial District having been nominated by the Chief Judge of the 14th Judicial District and approved by the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Mr. Cantafio was also one of 139 attorneys, also approved by the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, acting on the Colorado Supreme Court Hearing Board responsible for adjudicating cases involving claims of ethical violations by Colorado Attorneys.

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Mr. Cantafio served as the Municipal Judge of Oak Creek, Colorado from 2008 through 2017 as well as a Board of Director Member of the Old Town Hot Springs (formerly the Steamboat Springs Health and Recreation Center) also from 2008 through 2017.

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• Steamboat Springs RE-2 Technology Commission and Fund Board

• Board of Directors Member of Old Town Hot Springs

• Blue Halterman Scholarship Fund

• Corporate Sponsor for Bust of Steamboat

• Yampa Valley Sustainability Council

• Steamboat Dance Theatre

• Steamboat Symphony Orchestra

• Member, Board of Directors, Lower Downtown Neighborhood Association