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...Cox, who gained a national reputation as the first Watergate special prosecutor, will "serve in a senior consulting capacity" to the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes, Thomas Tureen, the NARF attorney coordinating the Maine Indians' legal team, said yesterday. Cox's duties will include all litigation and dealings with the federal government and the state of Maine, Tureen added...
Tureen said Cox was the first lawyer NARF approached for assistance, although many others have volunteered their services...
...things that motivated us [to choose Cox] was the suggestion by the Maine attorney general that Congress legislate the Indian claims out of existence or alter the rules under which the case would be tried, so we felt Professor Cox would be the best person to avert that kind of attack on the claim," Tureen said...
Barry Margolin '70, a NARF lawyer involved with various Indian land claims in New England, said yesterday the legal roles Cox has played in the past "made him well qualified to speak out for the maintenance and integrity of the legal process and its ability to provide justice for groups like our clients...
...While Cox will deal primarily with the claims of the two Maine tribes, he met last weekend at the Justice Department with lawyers pressing similar suits on behalf of other Indian tribes...