Career Highlights

• Advising the Mono Lake Committee on ways to protect Mono Lake and its tributary streams from adverse impacts caused by LADWP’s water exports and proposed development.
• Representing Pechanga Band of Indians and Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians in a CEQA lawsuit to protect tribal cultural resources on the shores of Lake Elsinore.
• Representing Colorado River Indian Tribes in a series of lawsuits to regain possession of Tribal lands (Water Wheel Camp Recreational Area, Inc. v. LaRance, 642 F.3d 802 (9th Cir. 2011)).

Community Service, Publications, and Recognitions

• Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in Native American Law.
• Bridging the Divide: Water Wheel’s New Tribal Jurisdiction Paradigm, Gonzaga Law Review (Spring 2012) (co-author); Smart Growth Meets the Neighbors, 34 Ecology Law Quarterly 1349 (2008) (book review); COHRE, Women, Slums and Urbanisation: Examining the Causes and Consequences (2008) (contributing author); Illegal Settlements and the Impact of Titling Programs, 44 Harv. Int’l L.J. 433 (2003).

Bar Memberships

Member of the Bar of the States of California and New York, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, CRIT Tribal Court, and various Federal District Courts.

Education

Yale Law School, JD, 2002

St. John’s College, BA, 1999

Clerkship: Honorable Marsha S. Berzon, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

About Me

I enjoy the outdoors and have recently begun horseback riding.