Judith M. Dworkin

Practice Areas

Judy M. Dworkin leads Sacks Tierney's Indian Law and Tribal Relations practice group. She offers broad experience in Indian law, with a major emphasis on assisting Indian tribes in achieving their economic development objectives.

Career

Judy is admitted to the Navajo Nation Bar and has practiced before the Courts of the Tohono O’odham Nation, Gila River Indian Community, Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, San Carlos Apache Tribe and Navajo Nation. Judy has also spent a great deal of her career focused on water rights and has taught Water Law and Natural Resources Law at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

Arizona State University: Adjunct Professor 1986-present

Arizona State University Advisory Committee, Indian Legal Program 2006-present

Arizona Native American Economic Coalition: Board Member 1995-1997; Conference Chair, Annual Tribal Economic Summit 1996

University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources: Assistant Professor 1978-1983

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

State Bar of Arizona

Presiding Appellate Justice, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council Court 2019-present (Appellate Justice 2015-2019)

Solicitor, Hualapai Judiciary, Hualapai Indian Tribe

Judge Pro Tem, Tribal Court of the Tohono O’odham Nation 1995-1999

Law Clerk to Judge William C. Canby, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit 1986-1987