Practice Areas

Indian Law and Tribal Relations

Water, Environmental, and Natural Resources

Civil Litigation

Appeals

Honors and Awards

Judge Learned Hand Award (Emerging Leadership): American Jewish Committee (Arizona Region), 2011

Court and Bar Admissions

State Bar of Arizona, 2001

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 2002

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003

Tohono O'odham Justice Court, 2004

Ak-Chin Indian Community Court, 2007

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Court, 2007

Gila River Indian Community Court, 2007

U.S. Supreme Court, 2009

Reported Cases

Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting v. Arizona Indep. Redistricting Comm'n, 121 F.3d 843 (Ariz. App. 2005)

Presentations

"Legislative and Litigation Update," Indian Law Seminar 2006, State Bar of Arizona

"The Racial Implications of Hurricane Katrina," UC Hastings College of the Law, 4th Annual Symposium, Reviving the Dream: Confronting Racism in the 21st Century, April 2006

Articles

"The Struggle for Equal Voting Rights: 45 Years of the Voting Rights Act," Arizona Attorney, November 2010

"Ninth Circuit Issues Decision on Tribal Court Jurisdiction over Non-Members," The Arrow, Spring 2006

"Status and Needs of Unrecognized and Terminated California Indian Tribes," A Second Century of Dishonor: Federal Inequities and California Tribes, UCLA American Indian Studies Center for the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy, May 1996

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 2001: Parker School Certificate of Foreign and Comparative Law; Notes Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 2000-2001

Université de Paris VII, Fulbright Scholar, 1997-1998

Stanford University, A.B. with Honors, 1997

Language Fluency

French

Community Leadership

Miss Indian Arizona Association

Birthplace

Zachary, Louisiana