Practice Area: Native Peoples Law
Date: Feb 09, 2012
Outcome: The Maryhill site is an established Indian reservation, 2012 WL 402051
Description: Whether RCW 37.12.010 confers state criminal jurisdiction over the Maryhill Treaty Access Fishing... more
Practice Area: Native Peoples Law
Date: Mar 25, 2011
Outcome: Supreme Court Ruling in favor of tribes, 350 Or. 65, 249 P.3d 1271
Description: This case deals with whether a tribal officer will be considered a state officer under state law... more
Practice Area: Native Peoples Law
Date: Apr 06, 2009
Outcome: Reversed and remanded.
Description: I am one of the attorneys for the Tribal Supreme Court Project which submitted an amicus brief on... more
Practice Area: State, Local And Municipal Law
Date: Jun 15, 2006
Outcome: Successfully defended municipal GMA authority
Description: Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board held that local planning jurisdictions may re-... more
Practice Area: State, Local And Municipal Law
Date: Jul 28, 2005
Outcome: Successfully appealed DUI sentencing
Description: Upheld constitutionality of DUI sentencing law.
Practice Area: Native Peoples Law
Date: Jan 27, 2001
Outcome: Overturned defendant's sentence on appeal
Description: On appeal, defendant successfully challenged trial court's sentence.
Practice Area: Native Peoples Law
Date: May 28, 1998
Outcome: Overturned conviction on appeal.
Description: (not available)