Admitted
1995, Colorado; 1997, New Mexico; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits and District of Columbia, U.S. District Courts, Districts of Colorado, New Mexico, Northern District of Texas and the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Federal
Law School
University of Texas, J.D., 1995
Law School Graduation Year
1995
College
Rice University, B.A., 1990; Rice University, B.S.M.E., 1992
Memberships
Federal (Member, Indian Law Section) and American (Member, SEER) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Author: U.S. Supreme Court Indian Trust Decisions, Natural Resources and Environmental Law on the Reservation, Aug. 2003; Tribal Claims for Federal Mismanagement of Trust Resources, Natural Resources and Environmental Law on the Reservation, Aug. 2002.; Federation Acquisition of Land in Trust for Indian Tribes, Second Annual California Indian Law Association Conference, Feb. 2002; Indian Tribes and the Freedom of Information Act, Natural Resources and Environmental Law on the Reservation, Aug. 2001; Tribal-State Cooperative Agreements for Regulation of Underground Storage Tanks, State Bar of California Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite, Oct. 2000; Analysis and History of Tribal-State Environmental Regulatory Jurisdiction Disputes, State Bar of California Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite, Oct. 1999; Interaction of Federal Indian Law and the Environmental Justice Movement, Ninth Annual ABA-SONREEL Conference on Environment and Development in Indian Country, Nov. 1997; The Flathead Water Quality Standards Dispute: Legal Bases for Tribal Regulatory Authority Over Non-Indian Reservation Land, 20 American Indian Law Review 151 (1996); Native American Law: A Career Path to Consider, 58 Texas Bar Journal 840 (1995); Judicial Enforcement of Charitable Care Requirements for Non-profit Hospitals' Tax Exempt Status, Texas Forum on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights at 1 (Fall 1993). Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1995-1997.