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THOMASINA REAL BIRD – Attorney at Law
Louisville, Colorado
phone: 303.673.9600
fax: 303.673.9155
email: email me

Ms. Real Bird joined the firm in 2007.

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe (Ihanktonwan Nakota), descendant of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota).

PRACTICE AREAS: Federal Indian Law; Tribal Inter-Governmental Law; Tribal Court and Federal Court Litigation; Administrative Law; Legislation and Code Drafting; Wills, Trusts and Estates; Probate Law; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

ADMISSIONS: Colorado; Cheyenne River Tribal Court; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Court; Ute Indian Tribal Court; and Yankton Sioux Tribal Court.

EDUCATION: Columbia University School of Law (J.D.); Pre-Law Summer Institute for Native Americans and Alaska Natives at the University of New Mexico (participant); Stanford University (M.A., Sociology; B.A., Native American Studies with Honors with a minor in Sociology).

ASSOCIATIONS: Colorado Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Colorado Indian Bar Association; Boulder County Bar Association; American Bar Association.

PRIOR LEGAL EXPERIENCE: While in law school, Ms. Real Bird was a student attorney at the Morningside Heights Legal Clinic through her enrollment in the Lawyering in the Digital Age Clinic. Ms. Real Bird successfully represented indigent clients in Fair Hearings before Administrative Law Judges from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, Office of Administrative Hearings. Ms. Real Bird also interned at Project FAIR while in law school, where she helped create a digital database accessible by Project FAIR directors and volunteers to assist them while they provide Fair Hearing Assistance, Information, and Referrals. Ms. Real Bird was a member of the Native American Law Students Association and a participant in the National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition during law school. Prior to entering law school, Ms. Real Bird performed contract work for the Legislative Branch of the Crow Tribe of Indians researching the historical and legal background to amendments made to their Law and Order Code. Ms. Real Bird’s other prior legal experience includes an internship at the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Ms. Real Bird worked exclusively on Indian Child Welfare Act cases under the supervision of a Senior Staff Attorney. Prior to joining the firm as an associate attorney, Ms. Real Bird was a law clerk for the firm managing multiple Tribal Court cases, drafting pleadings and motions, drafting legislation, drafting resolutions, and served as a point of communication between the firm and clients, in addition to working in all phases of the firm’s practice.