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Patty A. Ferguson Print-friendly version (PDF) PRACTICE AREAS Indian Law and Tribal Relations Water, Environmental and Natural Resources professional ACTIVITIES Arizona State, Tribal and Federal Court Forum: Intergovernmental Cooperation Workgroup Federal Bar Association: Indian Law Section Northwest Indian Bar Association State Bar of Arizona: Indian Law Section Executive Council Native American Bar Association New York State Certified Mediator Law Clerk to the Honorable Betty Binns Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2002-2003 court AND BAR admissions Ak-Chin Indian Community Court, 2007 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Court, 2007 Gila River Indian Community Court, 2007 Tohono O'odham Justice Court, 2004 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003 U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 2002 State Bar of Arizona, 2001 community LEADERSHIP Miss Indian Arizona Association 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 Ninth Circuit Issues Decision on Tribal Court Jurisdiction Over NonMembers - 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 language FLUENCY French education Columbia
Law School, J.D., 2001: Parker School Certificate of Foreign and Comparative Law Université de Paris VII, Fulbright Scholar, 1997-1998 Stanford University, A.B. with Honors, 1997 birthplace Zachary, Louisiana |
