Reeves, Mark

Author Description

Mark Reeves is a partner in Kilpatrick Townsend’s Augusta, Georgia office. He has represented and advised federally recognized Indian tribes in a broad range of litigation in federal, state, and tribal courts and at both the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Reeves has significant experience litigating issues relating to tribal sovereignty and immunity, the acquisition, development, and protection of tribal land and water rights, the taxation of Indian lands and property, litigation over easements and rights-of-way on Indian lands, and the application of federal and state laws to Indian tribes and tribal enterprises. Mr. Reeves has also assisted and advised tribes in numerous non-litigation contexts. He has been recognized as a “Rising Star” for Native American law in Georgia from 2015-2017. After graduating from Vanderbilt Law School (2004), Mr. Reeves served as a law clerk to the Hon. R. Lanier Anderson, III, United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Authored Reports

Tribal Rights to Groundwater: Analysis of the Agua Caliente’s Water Case,Tribal Water Rights Litigation: Legal Tenets Uphold Tribal Water Rights / More Litigation Looming