Denise Turner Walsh currently serves as the Attorney General of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians located in north San Diego County, California. Attorney General Turner Walsh was appointed and sworn into office on January 20, 2012. She is the first woman and a Rincon Band member to serve the Tribe in this capacity, bringing more than two decades of experience representing tribal governments throughout the Pacific Northwest and California. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly known as UC Hastings College of the Law). She is admitted to practice law in New Mexico, Oregon, and California.
Presenting in the following sessions:
Nov 14, 2025
9:00-10:15 AM
Session 5
1.25 MCLE
Montana's Second Exception
Join Scott Crowell, Denise Turner Walsh, and Paul Spruhan for a discussion on Montana's Second Exception, which allows for tribes to assert jurisdiction over the activities of non-Indians on non-Indian lands where the activity "threatens or has some direct effect on the political integrity, the economic security, or the health or welfare of the Tribe." The panel will examine recent litigation involving the Rincon Band, the Yakima Tribe, the Shoshone Bannock Tribes, and the Navajo Nation, and discuss other relevant topics.
