Judith Dworkin

Judith Dworkin is the managing partner in the Scottsdale law firm of Sacks Tierney P.A. Her practice is devoted primarily to water resources and Indian law issues. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in geography from Clark University and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Arizona State University. She clerked for the Honorable William C. Canby, Jr. of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is admitted to the Arizona and Navajo Nation bars. Ms. Dworkin lectures regularly and publishes on topics relating to water resources and economic development on Indian Reservations. Prior to law school, Ms Dworkin had full-time academic appointments at the University of Toronto and the University of Arizona.  She currently has an appointment as an adjunct professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Arizona State University where she teaches graduate courses in resources and environmental law, planning and management. Among Ms. Dworkin's current clients and legal projects is the implementation of the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004.