Edmund Clay Goodman
Partner

Mr. Goodman has practiced Indian law since 1989. He began his legal career at the Native American Program of Oregon Legal Services, where he served first as a staff attorney and then as the Director of Litigation. He joined the Firm in the fall of 2001 and became a partner in September 2003.

Mr. Goodman represents tribal clients on a wide range of issues, including housing, tribal jurisdiction and sovereignty, natural resources and environmental law, water law, gaming and the Indian Child Welfare Act. He has litigated on behalf of tribes in state, federal and tribal courts, as well as in various administrative forums. He has assisted in the drafting of constitutions, ordinances, by-laws and administrative regulations for tribal governments. He also has extensive experience advising tribes on their tribal court systems, and currently serves as an Associate Judge for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon.

Mr. Goodman represents a number of tribal housing authorities. His work in this area includes advice and representation on issues arising under the Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) and landlord-tenant issues, as well as personnel and other administrative matters. He has also participated in negotiated rulemaking for the NAHASDA regulations.

Mr. Goodman has assisted a number of Oregon tribes in the establishment of gaming operations, including negotiating land transactions related to gaming facilities, advising tribal gaming commissions on jurisdiction, employment and enforcement questions, and working on financing for gaming operations.

Mr. Goodman served as an adjunct professor at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College from 1995-2000. He has published the following articles on Indian law: Protecting Habitat for Off-Reservation Tribal Hunting and Fishing Rights: Tribal Comanagement as a Reserved Right, 30 Envtl. L. 279 (2000); Indian Tribal Sovereignty and Water Resources: Watersheds, Ecosystems and Tribal Co-Management, 20 J. Land, Resources and Envtl. L 185 (2000); Chapter 9, Indian Reserved Rights and Chapter 12, Non Timber Forest Product Customary Claims, in Non Timber Forest Products in the United States (Eric T. Jones, R. McClain and J. Weigand, eds.) (University Press of Kansas: 2002).

Mr. Goodman received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1989, his M.A. from the University of Maryland in 1986, and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1982. He is a member of the Oregon State, Federal District Court for the District of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Court and the Coquille Indian Tribe Tribal Court bars.

E-mail: egoodman@hsdwor.com

Phone: (503) 242-1745

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