Admitted
1970, Illinois; 1971, Arizona; 1972, New Mexico; U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S.
Law School
John Marshall Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
Ohio University, B.A., 1965
Memberships
Illinois State, Federal, American and Navajo Nation Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; State Bar of New Mexico.
Biographical
Member, Order of John Marshall. Associate Editor, John Marshall Law Review, 1969-1970. Author: Multi-State Defamation and Long Arm, John Marshall Journal of Practice and Procedure, 1969; Valuation of Oil and Gas For Royalty Purposes For Indian Tribes and Allottees: Lease Provisions in Indian Leases Giving Rise to Controversies, 16 Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management Journal, Institute of Petroleum Accounting, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1997); Natural Resource Royalty Management and Accounting: Special Issues Associated with Valuation and Royalty Accounting for Production from Indian Lands, Past, Current and Proposed Oil and Gas Valuation Regulations, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Natural Resources Development and Environmental Regulation in Indian Country, Mineral Law Series, Volume 1999. No. 3; Oxford Round Table (Civil Rights and Discrimination in Employment), Oxford University (Spring April 1-6, 2001). Trial Skills Instructor, Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship Program, Howard University School of Law, 1979-1982. Advisor to Registrants, Selective service System, Local Board No. 1, 1971-1976. Past President, McKinley County Bar Association, 1975. Member, Royalty Management Advisory Committee, Department of Interior, 1993-1994. Member and Chair, Royalty Policy Committee, Subcommittee on Appeals, Department of Interior, 1995-1996. Member, Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, Indian Gas Valuation, Department of Interior, 1994-1996. Member, Minerals Management Advisory Board, Royalty Policy Committee, Department of Interior, May 2001-2003. Commissioner, Navajo Nation Board of Bar Commissioners, 1991-1993.