KATOSHA NAKAI

            

      Bar Admissions

·  Arizona 

·  U.S. District Court, District of Arizona

·  U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

·  Ak-Chin Indian Community Court

·  Navajo Nation

·  Judicial Courts of the Tohono O'odham Nation

 

      Education

·  Juris Doctor – Arizona State University College of Law

Indian Law Certificate (2003)

·  Undergraduate – Oklahoma City University (1994)

                                    Degree:  Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communications

·  Certificate – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-                          Flagler Business School Water & Wastewater Leadership                        Center (2015)

 

      Member

·  State Bar of Arizona

Member:

-Indian Law Section (Former Chair)

- Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section

·  Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community Judicial Conduct &              Discipline Commission

·  Center for the Future of Arizona Board of Directors

·  Western Regional Partnership

·  Energy Committee

·  Military Readiness, Homeland Security, Disaster Preparedness and            Aviation Committee

·  Tribal Engagement Working Group)

·  Navajo Nation Bar Association

 

      Practice Areas

·  Native American Law

·  Water

·  Environmental/Natural Resources

·  Gaming

·  Regulatory/Government Affairs

·  Utility/Energy/Power

·  Planning & Development

·  Media/First Amendment Law  

 

      Tribal Affiliation:  Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma