EXPERIENCE:
Present: Solo practice: Law Offices of Thomas E. Luebben, PC, Santa Fe, NM:
tribal attorney services; litigation and negotiation of Native American land, water and natural resources issues.
2012 – 2013: Of Counsel: Luebben, Johnson & Barnhouse LLP, Albuquerque, NM.
2002 – 2012: Partner, Luebben Johnson & Barnhouse LLP, Albuquerque, NM: litigation and negotiation of Native American land, water and natural resources issues; tribal attorney services; environmental law; water law; land
use planning; tribal agreements and business leases dealing with agricultural and mineral development;
commercial, business and economic development matters.
1989 – 2001: Law Offices of Thomas E. Luebben, Albuquerque, NM:
litigation and negotiation of Native American land, water and natural resources issues; tribal attorney services;
environmental law; water law; land use planning; commercial, business and economic development matters.
1977 – 1988: Luebben & Hughes, P.C., Albuquerque, NM:
litigation and negotiation of Native American land, water and natural resources issues; tribal attorney services;
environmental law; water law.
1975 – 1976: General Counsel & Director of Litigation, National Indian Youth Council, Inc., Albuquerque, NM:
supervision of attorneys and pro bono litigation of national Native American issues, and law reform caseload in
Federal Indian law.
1971 – 1975: Staff Attorney and Director of Litigation, Native American Legal Defense and Education Fund,
Albuquerque, New Mexico: litigation and negotiation of federal Indian law matters for Indian tribes, groups and
individuals in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Washington, D.C.
REPORTED CASES:
Soboba Band of Mission Indians v. United States, 16 Ind. L. Rptr. 4067 (Ct.Cl. 1989).
United States v. Dann, 873 F.2d 1189 (9th Cir. 1989).
United States v. Dann, 13 Ind. L. Rptr. 3158 (D. Nev. 1986).
United States v. Dann, 470 U.S. 39 (1985).
Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. United States, 647 F.2d 1087 (Ct.Cl. 1981).
Whiskers v. United States, No. C-314-73 (D. Utah, March 22, 1977); 600 F.2d 1332 (10th Cir. 1979); cert. denied,
444 US 1078 (1980).
Weahkee v. Norton, 621 F.2d 1080 (10th Cir. 1980).
Harjo v. Kleppe, 420 F. Supp. 1110 (D.D.C. 1976); aff'd sub nom. Harjo v. Andrus, 581 F.2d 949 (D.C. Cir. 1978).
Lewis v. Weinberger, 415 F. Supp. 652 (D.N.M. 1976).
Tewa Tesuque v. Morton, 498 F.2d 240 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 420 US 962 (1974).
McCurdy v. Steele, 506 F.2d 653 (10th Cir. 1974).
Yanito v. Barber, 348 F. Supp. 587 (D. Utah 1972).