Morisset, Mason D

Mason Morisset is the senior member of the law firm of Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & Somerville, a professional services corporation in Seattle, Washington. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon in 1963, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington in 1965, and his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1968. He is admitted to, and has successfully argued in, the United States Supreme Court, numerous federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, federal District Courts, United States Tax Court, Court of Federal Claims, and numerous state and tribal courts and administrative adjudicators. He has been an active litigator for over 50 years primarily in the area of natural resource litigation. He has argued numerous appellate cases and has successfully argued three cases to the United States Supreme Court, Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194 (1975) (treaty hunting rights); Washington v. Fishing Vessel Association, 443 U.S. 658 (1979 ) (the “Boldt” fishing rights decision); and Arizona v. California, 530 U.S. 392 (2000) (Quechan Tribe water rights on the Colorado River). He has argued to the Washington State Supreme Court and before the California State Court of Appeals on behalf of Indian Tribal water rights. He is the author of the WSBA Real Property Deskbook chapter on Indian Property Rights and several law review articles. He has lectured at more than 120 CLE seminars and symposia.