JOHN M. PEEBLES – Partner Sacramento, California phone: 916.441.2700 fax: 916.441.2067 email: email me

Mr. Peebles, a founding partner, has been with the firm since its inception.

PRACTICE AREAS: Tribal government; tribal sovereignty and self-determination; trial and appellate advocacy; taxation; reservation economic development; natural resources; land-into-trust; land claims; housing; gaming law; finance; environmental and cultural preservation; employment; education; commercial transactions; civil rights.

ADMISSIONS: California; Nebraska; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Federal Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Arizona, the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, the District of Colorado, the District of Columbia, the Western District of Michigan, the District of Nebraska, the Northern District of New York, and the Western District of Wisconsin.

EDUCATION: Creighton University of Law (J.D., 1978); Creighton University (B.A., 1973); Member, Editorial Staff, Creighton Law Review.

LEGAL AUTHORSHIP: Co-Author, "The Use of Internet Communication Facilities and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act", 2 Gaming Law Review 473 (1998); Author, "Farmland Services v. Klein", Creighton Law Review, Vol. II No. 1.

TEACHING POSITIONS: Adjunct Faculty, Creighton University School of Law; former Instructor of Law (labor and business) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha

ASSOCIATIONS: Nebraska State Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Bar Association Subcommittees, Gaming Law and Legislative and Judicial Developments; American Trial Lawyers Association; Nebraska Trial Lawyers Association; Adjunct Faculty, Creighton University School of Law; former Instructor of Law (labor and business) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Mr. Peebles has extensive experience representing Indian tribes in areas of gaming, land claims, federal legislation, tribal government, tribal courts and tribal enrollment. His competency extends into federal/state/tribal jurisdiction land claims, hunting and fishing rights, 638 Grant and Contracting, water law and riparian title issues. He has acted as Council and Litigator on land claims, water rights, gaming issues as well as Department of Labor, Indian Child Welfare Act, law enforcement and health care issues. Clients benefit from his skills in federal/ state/tribal taxation laws in such areas as income tax, employment tax, excise tax, personal property tax, wagering tax, tobacco tax, and motor fuel tax.

Mr. Peebles has negotiated tribal/state compacts for Class III gaming with numerous states. He drafted Class II and Class III gaming ordinances and regulations implementing gaming activities. Mr. Peebles has prepared the necessary documents to implement the management, financing, construction and operation of Class II and Class III gaming activities in the states of Michigan, New York, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oregon, Montana, Arizona, and California. Mr. Peebles is an authority on the subject of Indian gaming and he is a featured speaker at national seminars.

Other areas of proficiency include the utilization of technological aids including computer, Internet, telephone, cable, TV, broadcast TV, cablecast and satellite transmission of gaming information conducted pursuant to the IGRA.

Mr. Peebles has represented numerous housing authorities in the development of low rent and Mutual Help housing projects and the general day-to-day administration of housing authorities. Mr. Peebles is experienced in federal, state and tribal educational programs and has represented numerous Indian schools.