Limiting Federal Power: Legal and Ethical Lessons from Practicing Indian Law
Denver, Colorado 80202
Colorado Lawyers Chapter
Introduction:
- Hon. Bill Owens, Former Governor of Colorado
Speaker:
- Hon. Troy A. Eid, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, Former United States Attorney, District of Colorado
Introduction:
- Hon. Bill Owens, Former Governor of Colorado
Speaker:
- Hon. Troy A. Eid, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, Former United States Attorney, District of Colorado
Troy A. Eid is a nationally known legal expert on environmental enforcement, investigations and compliance, energy and natural resource development, and Federal Indian law and Native American and Alaska Native tribal law. He served as Colorado’s United States Attorney from 2006-09, appointed by President George W. Bush. From 2010-14, Troy was elected to chair the Indian Law and Order Commission (ILOC), an independent national advisory board created by the Tribal Law and Order Act to advise President Obama and Congress on public safety improvements for all 566 federally recognized Native American and Alaska Native tribes and nations.
Troy co-founded and co-chairs Greenberg Traurig’s American Indian Law Practice Group, one of the largest and highest-rated legal teams in the United States. A recipient of the Navajo Nation Bar Association’s Member of the Year Award, Troy grew up in Colorado and graduated from Stanford University and the University of Chicago Law School. He clerked for Judge Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He has been recognized for distinguished public service by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Secret Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and other federal and state law enforcement agencies. He was also recognized by Law Week Colorado as Colorado Lawyer of Year for representing the seller of the HealthOne hospital system in Colorado, the largest hospital-related transaction ever in the Rocky Mountain West.
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1 General CLE Credit & 0.6 Ethics CLE Credit Approved
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