- Firm Partners Scott Williams and Curtis Berkey and Associate Aviva Simon Contribute to Tenth Circuit Win for Pueblo Aboriginal Water Rights
The Tenth Circuit held on September 30, 2020 that aboriginal water rights are alive and well in the state of New Mexico. The federal district court had concluded that Spanish colonization extinguished the rights of Jemez, Santa Ana, and Zia Pueblos to the waters of their aboriginal territories, simply by asserting dominion over the area. […]
- 2021 Summer Associate Position
Berkey Williams LLP represents Indian tribes and tribal organizations throughout the United States, with offices in Davis, California, Washington D.C and Syracuse, New York. Our Firm works exclusively with Tribes and Tribal organizations to promote and protect their political, cultural, social and economic self-determination. The Davis office is seeking a 2nd year law student for […]
- Berkey Williams Welcomes Indian Law Fellow Janet Bill
Berkey Williams LLP is pleased to welcome Janet Bill, the Firm’s 2020-2021 Indian Law Fellow. Our Indian Law Fellowship is dedicated to supporting the Indian law leaders of the future. Janet Bill is a member of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians. She earned both her Bachelor of Arts, with honors, degree and Master of […]
- Berkey Williams LLP 2021-2022 Indian Law Fellowship Program Announcement and Application Information
- Associate Erica Costa elected to the Board of Directors of the California Indian Law Association (CILA)
At the association’s 18th annual conference at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA, Ms. Erica Costa was nominated and elected to the Board of Directors of the California Indian Law Association (CILA). CILA is a volunteer based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the Indian law legal profession and tribal justice systems in California. CILA […]
- Legal Challenges Regarding Native Land Ownership
On July 9, 2013, Partner Curtis Berkey presented a webinar lecture as part of the continuing legal education series on the Native Land Law program sponsored by the Indian Land Tenure Foundation. Mr. Berkey discussed the aboriginal title doctrine, constitutional protection for Indian land rights and the availability of legal remedies for violations of Indian […]
- National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) article regarding Berkey Williams Associate Rovianne Leigh
As an undergraduate, Rovianne Leigh discovered a passion for Indian law. “I became interested in Indian law as a vehicle for social change,” Leigh said.
- Native Land Law: General Principles of Law Relating to Native Lands and Natural Resources
Firm attorneys Curtis Berkey and Alexendra Page contributed several chapters to a new book just published on the need for fundamental reform of federal Indian law. The book is entitled Native Land Law: General Principles of Law Relating to Native Lands and Natural Resources (2012 Lawyers Edition). It is published by West. The book proposes […]
- A River Runs Through It — Old adversaries agree to remove dams in the Klamath River basin hoping to save farms, fish, and tribal culture
In its May, 2009, cover story, California Lawyer Magazine analyzes in some depth the water crisis of the Klamath Basin (“A River Runs Through It — Old adversaries agree to remove dams in the Klamath River basin hoping to save farms, fish, and tribal culture”). The article shines a spotlight on the role of the […]
- The D.C. Circuit’s decision to apply the National Labor Relations Act to Indian tribal enterprise: San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino v. National Labor Relations Board.
Partner Scott Williams and Of Counsel David House co-authored an expert commentary entitled “The D.C. Circuit’s decision to apply the National Labor Relations Act to Indian tribal enterprise: San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino v. National Labor Relations Board.” The article analyzes and discusses the San Manuel decision, and it offers practical tips relating to […]
