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

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

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

LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Staff counsel and policy advisor, California Energy Commission; litigator for a non-profit law firm representing children in dependency proceedings, concentrating on Indian child welfare issues.

ASSOCIATIONS: American Bar Association - Native American Resources Committee, Vice-Chair; Energy Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Sacramento County Bar Association; Native American Student Union and Native American Law Student Association, UC Davis; Cal Aggie Alumni Association; Native American Alumni Association at UC Davis; Former President, Spanish Immersion Parent and Teachers Association; Former Member, Yolo County Advisory Committee on Tribal Affairs; California Indian Energy Symposium Coordinator; Adjunct professor, San Francisco State University in the Department of American Indian Studies; Alternate Tribal Representative Pacific Stewardship Council; and Commission City of Davis Natural Resource Commission.

As a student at UC Davis, Ms. Houck was actively involved in the Native American Student Union and the Native American Law Student Association. Ms. Houck has participated in the Cal Aggie Alumni Association as a Board of Directors member and has served as Vice-Chair for the Native American Alumni Association at UC Davis. She has also served as President of the Spanish Immersion Parent and Teachers Association, District 4 Representative for the Yolo County Advisory Committee on Tribal Affairs and co-chaired the California Indian Energy Symposium at San Francisco State University. Ms. Houck also teaches at San Francisco State University in the Department of American Indian Studies.