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PATRICK BERGIN – Partner
Sacramento, California
phone: 916.441.2700
fax: 916.441.2067
email: email me

Mr. Bergin first joined the firm as an Associate in 2005 and then rejoined the firm in 2010. He became a Partner in 2011.

PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation and appellate advocacy; tribal sovereignty; contracts; economic development; election law; entertainment law and gaming law.

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

EDUCATION: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2002); Chief Editor, California Initiative Review; California State University (B.A., 1995).

LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Prior to rejoining the firm, Mr. Bergin practiced in Washington, D.C. for more than five years representing several American Indian tribes before Congress and federal agencies. From 2002-2005 Mr. Bergin worked as a criminal defense and civil litigation attorney in Utah. Mr. Bergin was a Legislative Consultant with the California State Legislature from 1997 to 2002. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Bergin worked as a Legislative Analyst for a California based trade association.

LEGAL AUTHORSHIP: Proposition 42 (2002): Turning Highway Robbery into Highway Relief, CAL. INIT. REV., (Spring 2002).

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS: Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. State of South Dakota, Civ. 07-4040, (D.S.D. 2010)(Good Faith Gaming Compact Negotiations); Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act, (P.L.110-297)(Water Rights Settlement).

ASSOCIATIONS: Sacramento County Bar Association; Republican National Lawyers Association; California Lawyers for the Arts.

Mr. Bergin has represented tribal governments in the areas of federal litigation, federal lobbying and political advice, federal agency negotiations, business transactions and corporate governance. Mr. Bergin was successful in developing and employing strategies for advancing his tribal client’s legislative and legal interests; including assisting a California based Indian tribe achieve Congressional approval of a significant water rights settlement (P.L.110-297).