Eric N. Dahlstrom

Eric N. Dahlstrom's career has tracked the growth in the practice of Federal Indian Law over the past thirty years. 

He represents tribes in Arizona and in Wisconsin and has been involved in nearly every development in the growth of Indian gaming law in both Arizona and Wisconsin.  He also has an active practice in the field of natural resources protection and development on behalf of federally recognized Indian Tribes and Indian economic enterprises, involving mineral development, water rights and federal, state, and tribal taxation of natural resource development in Indian Country.

Eric and the firm’s other partners were appointed Special Prosecutors by the Navajo Nation’s Department of Justice in October 2011 and directed to investigate allegations related to the use of tribal funds.

Prior Positions: Deputy Attorney General, Navajo Nation, 1987 - 1990; Director, Four Rivers Indian Legal Services, 1979 - 1987; Chair, Project Advisory Group, Indian Law Support Center, 1984 - 1986

EDUCATION

Beloit College (B.A. cum laude, 1972);

University of Wisconsin - Madison (J.D. 1976)

BAR ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Arizona

State Bar of Wisconsin

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Maricopa County Bar Association

Navajo Nation Bar Association

State Bar of Arizona (Past President, Indian Law Section)

State Bar of Wisconsin

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Mr. Dahlstrom has actively participated in the protection of the legal rights of Native Americans through his work for:

Indian Legal Services

The Arizona Bar Foundation

The William E. Morris Institute for Justice