Peter D Lepsch

Mr. Lepsch has been with Peebles Kidder since 2016. Mr. Lepsch is an administrative law and litigation attorney involved in representing tribal governments nationwide since 2001. His representation involves all aspects of tribal governance and sovereignty including relations with the federal government, regulatory compliance, tribal enterprises, membership as well as state-tribal-federal jurisdictional matters. He is especially involved in the firm's government affairs practice including advocacy of tribal interests before Congress and federal agencies in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lepsch brings his multidisciplinary background and his experience in international affairs and foreign policy to representing clients' complex and novel problems they confront daily and historically in Indian Affairs.

Formal Recognition:

• Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of International and Comparative Law (2001- 2002)
• Westlaw Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award (2002)
• Alpha Phi Sigma [National Criminal Justice Honor Society] (1997)
• Student Body President, Ithaca College

Associations:

• American Bar Association
• National Moot Court Competition

Selected Legal Authorship:

• "Cannabis Law Continues to Evolve," Experience Magazine, American Bar Association, Senior Division, Nov. 1 2019
• Chapter Author, "Media,"​ International Election Remedies, American Bar Assoc. Standing Committee on Election Law and Section on International Law John Hardin Young, Editor (2018)
• "Trust Lands," Treaties with American Indian Tribes: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts, and Sovereignty, Donald Fixico, Editor (Dec. 2007)
• Ecological Effects Know No Boundaries: Little Remedy for Native American Tribes Pursuing Trans-boundary Pollution under International Law, 11 BUFF. ENVTL. L.J 57 (2003)
• A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Is New York's Move to Cleanup the Akwesasne Reservation an Endeavor to Assert Authority over Indian Tribes?, 8 ALB. L. ENVTL. OUTLOOK J. 65 (2002)
• Professional Responsibility in a Global World: A Lawyer's Role Redefined in the Age of the Virtual Practice, 8 NEW ENG. J. INT'L & COMP. L. 37 (2002) [co-author]