Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

Business and Corporate Law Known for its diversity and depth, Sacks Tierney's business and corporate law practice offers a full range of legal services for your privately owned company.

Areas of Practice

• Water,environmental, and Natural Resources

West Practice Categories

Water & Riparian Rights, Water Pollution, Environmental Law

Bar Admissions

• Arizona, 1986
• Navajo Nation, 1995
• Hualapai Nation Courts
• Hopi Tribal Court
• Tohono O'odtham Tribal Court
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Maricopa County Bar Association (Member)
• Judge Pro Tem, Tribal Court of the Tohono O'odham Nation, 1995 - 1999
• Law Clerk to Judge William C. Canby, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1986 - 1987
• Arizona State University, 1986 - Present (Adjunct Professor)
• Arizona Native American Economic Coalition, 1995 - 1997 (Board Member)
• Arizona Native American Economic Coalition, 1996 - Present (Conference Chair)
• University of Arizona: Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, 1978 - 1983 (Assistant Professor)

Honors and Awards

• Alan A. Matheson Distinguished Student Graduation Honor, 1986
• Asu Women Faculty Association's Graduation Award
• Articles Editor, Arizona State Law Journal
• Snell & Wilmer Award for Best Comment by Student Writer
• Member of Arizona State University's National Moot Court Team, 1985
• Award for Best Moot Court Brief (Criminal Procedure), 1984
• Award for Best Moot Court Appellate Advocate (Criminal Procedure), 1984
• Awad for Best Advocate, Closing Argument Competition, 1983
• U.S. Corps of Endineers, Dissertation Research Grant, 1975 - 1976
• National science Foundation Grant for Improving Research in the Sciences, 1975

Classes and Seminars

• Co-Speaker with Billie Jo Harned, Law Office Managment for Arizona Paralegals, Institute for Paralegal Education, September 22, 2000
• Co-Presenter with Larry Stephenson, Economic Development Oppotunities and Barriers in Tribal Lands: Doing Business with indian Tribes: Reaping the Benefits - Avoiding the Pitfalls, Lambda Alpha International, Phoenix Chapter Meeting, March 17, 2000
• Presenter, Doing Business on an Indian Reservation: Doing Business with indian Tribes: Repaing the Benefits - Avoiding the Pitfalls, Scottsdale Airpark/Sacks Tierney Seminars Series, January 13, 2000
• Invited Co-Speaker with Gregg Houtz (ADWR), Indian Water Rights Settlements: Where Are We Today?, State Bar of Arizona, Indian Law Section Educational Program Meeting at Moyes Storey Law Offices, November 18, 1999
• Invited Speaker, Water Rights and Issues Impacting Water Use, Fundamentals of Water Law In Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, August 24, 1999
• Invited Speaker, Sustainable Developments for a Southwestern City: Tucson's Challenge, 28th Nat'l Spring Conference on the Environment: Who Decides How Regional Growth & Development Will Occur? - Legal Issues & Legal Tools in Harmonizing Growth & Environmental Protection, ABA Standing Committee on Environmental Law, June 4, 1999 - June 5, 1999
• Organizer and Speaker: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community & Other Regional Relationships, Scottsdale Leadership, February 18, 1999
• Speaker, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community & Other Regional Relationships, Scottsdale Leadership
• Lecturer, Environmental Laws Affecting Residential Home Development, Arizona State University, Urban Planning Course (Televised), 1995 - 1998
• Invited Speaker, Indian Law, National Business Institute, November 8, 1995
• Presenter, Groundwater Management in Arizona, Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers
• Luncheon Speaker, Governor's Commission on Arizona's Environment, Summer Conference, 1984
• Presenter, Ground Water Conservation: A Review of Management Approaches, Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers (Abstract in Proceedings)
• Presenter, Women's Equality in Jamaica: The Land Reform Program (with D. Dworkin), Int'l Geographical Union Symposium on Rural Development: Theory & Practice (Abstract in Proceedings)
• Presenter, Safe Yield vs. Depletion: An Evaluation of State Policies for Groundwater Management, Proceedings of Applied Geography Conferences (Abstract in Proceedings), 1980
• Presenter, How Geography and Water Resources Fit Together, Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers (Abstract in Proceedings)
• Presenter, Land Reform and Agricultural Development in Jamaica, Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers (Abstract in Proceedings)
• Presenter, A Note on the Potential Impact of Precipitation Modification on Urban Water Supplies (with Robert Kates, National Science Foundation Group on the Societal Consequences of Weather Modification, 1973
• Graduate Course, Special Issues in Water Policy, Law and Planning, Arizona, Arizona State University, 2001 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Tohono O'odham Entrepreneur Grant Program (Legal Advisor), 1999 - 2001
• Navajo Nation Criminal Misdemeanor Appointments, 1995 - 2001

Past Employment Positions

• Board Member, Arizona Native American Economic Coalition, 1995 - 1997
• Conference Chair, ANAEC Annual Tribal Economic Summit, Arizona Native American Economic Coalition, 1996
• Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology, 1978 - 1983
• Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Department of Water Resources, 1978 - 1983
• Judge Pro Tem, Tribal Court of the Tohono O'odham Nation, 1995 - 1999
• Law Clerk, Judge William C. Canby, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1986 - 1987

Education

• Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona, 1986
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  
  Law Journal: Arizona State Law Journal, Articles Editor, 1985 - 1986
• Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1978
  Ph.D.
• Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1975
  A.M.

Ancillary Businesses

• Adjunct Professor, Arizona State University

Published Works

• Doing Business With Our Neighbor: The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
• "Plaintiffs' Expanding Concepts of Compensation and the Courts' Responses", (Co-Author) with Janet E. Kornblatt, Gonzaga Law Review, 1994
• "Comment: Private Parties' Rights to Recover Losses from Groundwater Contamination in Arizona,", Arizona State Law Journal, 1985
• "Treatment of Indian Tribes Under Federal Environmental Statutes,", Indian Law in Arizona, 1995
• "Tribal Claims to Arizona's Appropriable Waters," Forum, Fall, 1988
• "Tribal Economic Developments: Some Legal Ramifications of Organizational Form", (Co-Author) with C. Peter Delgado, Jr., The Arrow, June, 1995
• Waivers of Sovereign Immunity Key to Contracting with Indian Tribes
• "Groundwater Management in Arizona", Association of American Geographers, April, 1988
• Examination of the Phoenix Regional Water Supply for Sustainable Yield and Carrying Capacity", NATURAL RESOURCES JOURNAL, Fall, 2006

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