Ferguson, Patty A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney

Languages

• French

Areas of Practice

• Water,environmental and Natural Resources
• Civillitigation

West Practice Categories

Water Pollution, Water & Riparian Rights, Natural Resources Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Arizona, 2001
• Tohono O'odtham Tribal Court, 2004
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 2002
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2003

Certification/Specialties

• New York State Certified Mediator

Professional Associations and Memberships

• 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
• 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
• Miss Indian Arizona Association

Classes and Seminars

• "Legislative and Litigation Update", Indian Law Seminar, State Bar of Arizona, 2006
• "The Racial Implications of Hurricane Katrina", Reviving the Dream: Confronting Racism in the 21st Century, UC Hastings College of the Law, 4th Annual Symposium, 2006

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable Betty Binns Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Law Clerk, 2002 - 2003

Education

• Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 2001
  J.D.
  Honors: Parker School Certificate of Foreign and Comparative Law
  Honors: Universite de Paris VII, Fulbright Scholar 1997-1998
  Law Review: Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Notes Editor, 2000 - 2001
• Stanford University, 1997
  A.B.
  Honors: With Honors
• Universite de Paris VII, 1998
  Honors: Fulbright Scholar

Published Works

• 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

Address

4250 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Fourth Floor
Scottsdale, AZ 85251-3693

Phones

(480) 425-2637

Faxes

(480) 425-4937

Emails

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Websites

http://www.sackstierney.com