CALIFORNIA
Sacramento Office:
2020 L Street, Suite 250
Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone: 916-441-2700
Fax: 916-441-2067

COLORADO
Louisville Office:
1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville, CO 80027
Phone: 303-673-9600
Fax: 303-673-9155

MICHIGAN
Peshawbestown Office:
2848 Setterbo Road
Peshawbestown, MI 49682
Phone: 231-631-8558

NEBRASKA
Omaha Office:
3610 North 163rd Plaza
Omaha, NE 68116
Phone: 402-333-4053
Fax: 402-333-4761

NORTH DAKOTA
Mandan Office:
3730 29th Avenue
Mandan, ND 58554
Phone: 303-673-9600
Fax: 701-663-5103

SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls Office:
3817 Slaten Park Drive
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
Phone: 605-338-9147
Fax: 605-339-1769

Rapid City Office:
2040 W. Main, Suite 110
Rapid City, SD 57702
Phone: 605-791-1515
Fax: 605-791-1915
 

DARCIE L. HOUCK – Partner
Sacramento, California
phone: 916.441.2700
fax: 916.441.2067
email: email me

Ms. Houck joined the firm in 2005 and became a partner in 2007.

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Ms. Houck is of Mohawk and Ottawa heritage.

PRACTICE AREAS: Energy; environmental law; land use and environmental planning; cultural resources; federal Indian law; litigation; federal, tribal and state regulatory law; Indian child welfare; contracts; gaming law.

ADMISSIONS: Admissions to California,  New York, and Washington D.C. Bars; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Ninth Circuits, and D.C. Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, the District of Columbia, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

EDUCATION: University of California, Davis, (J.D., 1998; M.S., 1998; B.A., 1994); Land Use and Environmental Planning Certificate.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Represent tribes and tribal organizations in all aspects of law before tribal, federal, and state forums, both administrative and judicial; primary focus areas in land use, environment, energy development, gaming, and health care; previously served as staff counsel and policy advisor, California Energy Commission (licensing power plants, negotiation with State and local governments on all aspects of land use planning for development of energy projects, representation of State Agency in State and Federal forums; develop statewide policies in area of land use development, Native American resources, and energy and economic development); litigator for a non-profit law firm representing children in dependency proceedings, concentrating on Indian child welfare issues.

TEACHING POSITIONS:  Lecturer University of California, Davis School of Law, Native American Law; American Indian Studies Department San Francisco State University, Indian law and politics.

ASSOCIATIONS: American Bar Association - Native American Resources Committee, Vice-Chair; Energy Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Sacramento County Bar Association, Chair Environmental Law Section; Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Lawyer Advisory Committee; Native American Alumni Association, UC Davis, former Co-Chair; Former alternate Tribal Representative Pacific Stewardship Council; Former Commissioner
City of Davis Natural Resource Commission; Cal Aggie Alumni Association, former Board of Directors member; Former District 4 Representative for the Yolo County Advisory Committee on Tribal Affairs; Co-Chair the 2004 California Indian Energy Symposium, San Francisco
State University.