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Bar and Court Admissions: Admitted to the California Bar and Arizona Bar.
Tribal Affiliation and Language: Ms. Bebo is Ho-Chunk and Menominee. She speaks fluent Spanish and fundamental Menominee.
Education: Ms. Bebo is a 2009 graduate of the Juris Doctorate/Masters of Arts program in Law and American Indian Studies at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While at UCLA, Ms. Bebo served as Chairwoman of the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA), participated in the National NALSA moot court competition, was a member of the UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, and served as an Articles Editor for the UCLA Indigenous Peoples Journal of Law, Culture and Resistance. Her thesis paper concerned cultural property protection and the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
Prior Legal Experience: Before joining Nordhaus Law Firm, Ms. Bebo worked at Alexander, Berkey, Williams and Weathers in Berkeley, California pursuant to a Public Interest Indian Law Fellowship, serving tribal clients regarding native land rights, environmental and cultural resource protection, Indian child dependency, tribal law, and litigation. Ms. Bebo previously clerked for two tribal courts, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Hopi Supreme Court, and the Arizona Court of Appeals. Ms. Bebo also has worked for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the Native American Rights Fund, and Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Endreson. She also has litigated Indian Child Welfare Act cases as a Faculty Associate for the Indian Legal Clinic at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor Law School.
Professional Activities: Ms. Bebo is a member of the Native American Bar Association and the California Indian Law Association.
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