Resume of Bruce R Greene, Attorney at Law

Bruce R. Greene

Attorney at Law

Resume

Employment

present

Law Offices of Bruce R. Greene & Associates, LLC

Thirty-two years of private practice, and a total of thirty-nine years specializing in

all aspects of Federal Indian law and the representation of Native American Indian

tribes.

Employment History & Professional Highlights

1977-2008

Greene, Meyer, & McElroy, PC

Founder and managing partner of firm specializing in federal Indian law.

1987-1989

Appointed as Federal Mediator by Hon. Robert H. Coyle, U.S. District Court.

(E.D. Ca.), in United States v. Washington, 384 F. 312,364 (W.D. Wash. 1974),

aff’d, 520 F.2d 676 (9^th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 1086 (1976), enforced,

459 F. Supp. 1020 (W.D. Wash. 1977), aff’d sub nom Puget Sound Gillnetters v.

U.S. Dist. Ct., 573 F.2d 1123 (9^th Cir. 1978), aff’d Washington v. Fishing Vessel

Ass’n, 443 U.S. 658 (1979), to mediate the allocation of treaty fishing rights and

available harvests of salmon among twenty Indian tribes fishing in Washington

waters.

1984-1986

Director of Litigation of the Navajo Nation Department of Justice.

Responsible for supervising 22 lawyers litigating in state and federal court on

behalf of the Navajo Nation and acting as lead counsel in several complex

lawsuits in federal court.

1975-1977

Director, Indian Law Support Center, and Staff Attorney, Native American Rights

Fund, Boulder, Colorado.

1972-1974

Director, California Indian Legal Services, Oakland, California.

Directed the activities of a statewide Legal Services Corporation funded Indian

legal program with 15 attorneys, in five offices throughout the state.

1971-1972

Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colorado.

Federal District, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, and administrative agency

practice on behalf of Indian tribes, groups, and individuals.

1970

Associate, Feldman, Waldman & Kline, San Francisco, California.

General corporate, 20-person law firm. Duties included corporate mergers and

acquisitions, federal court anti-trust litigation.

1967-1969

Attorney advisor to John A. Carver, Jr., Commissioner, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.

Legal advisor and assistant to Commissioner; prepared Commission majority

opinions, dissenting opinions of Commissioner, speech writing, and extensive

legal research in natural gas and electricity regulation.

Professional Associations

Federal Bar Association

American Bar Association

Colorado Bar Association

Colorado Indian Bar Association

Boulder County Bar Association

California Bar Association (inactive)

Admitted to Practice

Supreme Court of the State of California – 12/1/1967 (examination)

Supreme Court of the State of Colorado – 5/17/1976 (examination)

The following admissions were by motion:

Supreme Court of the United States – 6/25/1973

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 2/15/1980

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit – 8/23/1991

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit – 2/19/1987

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit – 6/22/1979

United States Court of Federal Claims – 9/11/1972

United States District Court for the Southern District of California – 8/4/1972

United States District Court for the Northern District of California – 11/6/1970

United States District Court for the District of Arizona – 1/21/1992

United States District Court for the District of Colorado – 1/21/1992

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan – 11/3/1997

United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan – 7/27/1990

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin – 7/29/1996

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin – 1990

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington – 9/22/1998

Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribal Court, Michigan – 2/20/2002

Public Speaking

Delivered dozens of speeches before a variety of audiences and associations

regarding federal Indian law topics. Included were two lectures to sitting U.S.

District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals judges regarding Indian treaty rights to

hunt, fish, trap, and gather, and Indian gaming law issues.

Education

Degree: Juris Doctor

University of California Hasting College of the Law, San Francisco, California

Graduation: June 1967

Activities and Honors: Graduated 1^st in class of 323, Valedictorian; Order of

the Coif; Editorial Board – Research Editor, Hastings Law Journal

Degree: Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

University of California, Berkeley, California

Graduation: July 1964

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Email: bgreene@greenelawyer.com