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Colin Cloud Hampson (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the White Earth Band of Chippewa) joined the firm in 1994 and opened the firm's office in San Diego in 1999. Mr. Hampson is engaged in all areas of the firm's Indian law practice, including Indian gaming, environmental, water, tax and general counsel matters.
Mr. Hampson has represented tribes in litigation in federal, tribal and state court as well as before federal agencies involving a broad range of issues. For example, he represented a California tribe in a successful lawsuit in federal court to speed up the Department of Interior's processing of a petition for recognition as an Indian tribe. Mr. Hampson also represents tribes in water adjudications.
Mr. Hampson advises and represents tribes on a wide range of matters including federal Indian law, gaming and other contracts, Indian Self-Determination Act contracts, jurisdiction, recognition, environmental law, employment matters, leasing and national resource development, tax, health and cultural resources. For a number of years he has advised tribes and tribal gaming commissions regarding Indian gaming regulation.
Mr. Hampson graduated with distinction from Stanford Law School in 1994. Mr. Hampson also received a Master of Arts degree in International Policy Studies and a Bachelor of Arts degree in American History from Stanford University in 1991.
Mr. Hampson is a descendant of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the White Earth Band of Chippewa. Bar and Court Admissions
California Bar, 1994; District of Columbia Bar, 1995. U.S. Supreme Court, 1999; U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 2000; U.S District Court for Southern California, 2000; U.S. District Court for Northern California, 1999; U.S. District Court for Central California, 2000; U.S. District Court for Eastern California, 2000; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2000; Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Court, 2007; Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas Tribal District Court, 2005; Fort Peck Tribal Court, 2002; Umatilla Tribal Court, 1996; Shoshone-Paiute Tribal Courts, 2009.
Speeches
"Update on the Little Colorado Adjudication," 7th Annual CLE Conference on Natural Resources & Environmental Law on the Reservation, Scottsdale, Arizona, August 21, 2003; "Presentation on Panel on Changing Legal Contours of Environmental Programming in Indian Country," National Congress of American Indians Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, November 12, 2002; "Tribal Sovereignty and Taxation," Nations Within: Aspects of American Indian Tribal Sovereignty, University of San Diego American Indian Legal Issues Conference, San Diego, California April 18, 2002; "Legal Foundations of Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction," Bordering on Insanity: Finding Your Way Through the Maze of Sovereignty Issues in US/Mexico Questions and Native American Law, SANDALL Fall Workshop, San Diego, California, October 27, 2000.
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