Rebekah Salguero

Partner

Rebekah D. Salguero

Rebekah Salguero is a partner in Ocotillo Law and Policy Partners. She serves as General Counsel to Tribal Governments and has advised on an array of matters facing tribal government and tribal entities. Rebekah has a deep understanding of Indian lands, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Natural Environmental Policy Act and the Natural Historic Preservation Act. 

Rebekah began her career at a multinational law firm representing clients in all states of the land planning and entitlement process. She has since focused her legal career on serving tribes both in private practice and as a solo practitioner providing general counsel services. Rebekah is an experienced land use, environmental and real estate attorney that successfully blended her development practice with Federal Indian law to provide tribes with a breadth of experience ranging from land into trust matters, tribal housing issues, gaming and economic development, contract negotiations, legislative affairs and tribal operations. Rebekah has served as both in-house and outside counsel including serving as lead counsel for a proposed billion-dollar resort casino project and the construction of a 12 million tribal housing project financed by low-income housing tax credits. She is a skilled negotiator who has lobbied for clients at the local, state and federal levels. With demonstrated experience in land matters, environmental law, tribal operations, gaming and economic development, Rebekah has remained at the intersection of being both a zealous advocate in Indian Country, an impassioned business advisor, and a key relationship builder. 

Rebekah attended Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after receiving a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Scholarship and graduated with a B.S. in Legal Studies. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Tulane University Law School in 2005 where she received a Certificate of Specialization in Environmental Law, served as Business Editor of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal as well as a student attorney in the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic and research assistant for the Tulane Institute of Environmental Law & Policy. She is currently licensed to practice law in Colorado, Florida, Louisiana and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Courts.  Rebekah is of Guatemalan descent and fluent in Spanish.  

Education

TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Juris Doctor, 2005

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
B.S., 1998

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Courts

Specialties

Federal Indian Law, Land Use, Zoning and Development Law