Eric Eberhard

Eric D. Eberhard is a Distinguished Indian Law Practitioner in Residence at the Law School at Seattle University. From 1995 to 2009, he was a partner in the Seattle office of Dorsey and Whitney LLP. He received his B.A. degree from Western Reserve University in 1967, a J.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1970, and an LL.M. from George Washington University in 1972. He has been actively engaged in the practice of Indian Affairs law since 1973, including employment in legal services, private practice and as the Deputy Attorney General of the Navajo Nation and Executive Director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office. From 1989 to 1995, he served as the General Counsel and Staff Director on the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for Senator John McCain of Arizona. In December 2000, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Clinton's appointment of Mr. Eberhard to the Board of Trustees of the Udall Foundation. President Bush nominated Mr. Eberhard for a second term on the Board in 2005, and he was confirmed by the Senate in 2006. From 2001 to 2011, he chaired the Board’s Committee on the Native Nations Institute. In October 2011, he was elected as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.