Professional Profile

Elizabeth A. Bower

Associate Attorney

Liz Bower is an associate attorney in our Washington, DC office. She is originally from Charlottesville, Virginia, and received her J.D., cum laude, from Vermont Law School. During law school, Liz served as a Head Note Editor for Vermont Law Review and President of the Moot Court Advisory Board. She was also a research assistant for Professor Hillary Hoffmann, conducting legal research and editing working papers primarily focused on Natural Resources law and Native American law.

After law school, Liz clerked for Justice Susan M. Carney at the Alaska Supreme Court in Fairbanks, Alaska. Returning south, Liz then spent several years practicing environmental law at a non-profit environmental law firm in West Virginia, litigating issues related to surface coal mining and natural gas pipelines.

Liz joined Hobbs Straus in 2024 and is honored to now advocate on behalf of Tribal Nations. Her interests in Indian law include ensuring tribal sovereignty, advancing tribal economic development, promoting tribal environmental stewardship and management, and protecting tribal cultural resources.  While at Hobbs Straus, Liz has worked in a wide variety of practice areas, ranging from gaming to federal recognition to environmental co-stewardship and beyond.  Liz is also a member of the team advocating on behalf of Tribes and tribal gaming organizations in the emergent, nationwide “prediction markets” litigation.

Outside of the office, Liz enjoys spending time in nature, reading fantasy novels, and playing with her dog Freyja and cats Harper and Pippi.

Education

Vermont Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2018
George Mason University, B.A., 2012

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
West Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Selected Publications

Standing Together: How the Federal Government Can Protect the Cultural Resources of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, 42 Vt. L. Rev. 605 (2018).