Of Counsel Alison Toivola is a member of Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Environmental Law & Natural Resources group, where she focuses her practice on litigation with a purposeful emphasis on the environment, natural resources, and water rights.  
 
Alison joins BB&K after taking a short career break to travel and enjoy the great outdoors with her spouse and rescue dog.
 
Alison was previously a Director and Senior Counsel at Vail Resorts based in Colorado.  While at Vail Resorts, Alison rebuilt the company’s internal investigations function, provided legal guidance to in-house clients on a wide variety of legal matters, and handled a portfolio of complex civil litigation, including class and collective actions.  Alison was an active litigator within Colorado and also managed cases across the numerous other jurisdictions in which Vail Resorts operated. 
 
Prior to her time as in-house legal counsel, Alison was an attorney at a large law firm based in Denver, Colorado, where she practiced civil litigation in state and federal court.  Alison is passionate about giving back to her community and has always found time to devote to pro bono matters.
 
Alison is admitted to practice in Colorado. 

Education

• The University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude
• University of California, Berkeley, B.S., global environmental politics and B.A, political economy, with highest honors

Admissions

• Colorado

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association