Background
Shipps, Thomas H. was born on February 13, 1953 in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States.
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Thomas H. Shipps
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Fort Lewis College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1976). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Career
Worked at Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel Limited Liability Partnership (Durango, Colorado) specializing in Indian Law, Natural Resources. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Colorado, United States. District Court, District of Colorado, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits and United States.
Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barons (President, 1978-1979).
Author: "Oil and Gas Lease Operation and Royalty Valuation on Indian Lands: What is the Difference in Federal and Indian Leases?" Rocky Mtn. Minister L. Foundation, 1992.
"Commercial Transactions, Security Interests and Perfection in Indian Country," American Bar Association 7th Annual Conference in Natural Resources Development on Indian Lands, 1995.
Member, Judicial Nominating Committee, 6th Judicial District, 1984-1989. Member, Indian Law Support Center Advisory Committee, 1986. Appointed to Department of the Interior Royalty Policy Advisory Committee, 1995.
Member: Colorado (Member, Mineral Law Section) and American (Vice-Chair, SONREEL Committee on Native American Natural Resources, 1994-1995) Bar Associations.
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Membership
Member, Order of the Barons (President, 1978-1979).
