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Assistant Professor of
Legal Analysis & Writing
moeser@sulc.edu
(225) 771-4900 ext.
Courses taught:
Legal Writing I and Legal Writing II
 Oeser
joined SULC’s Legal Analysis & Writing
faculty in August 2007, having previously
taught writing as an adjunct at the
University of Houston Law Center. A native
Houstonian and enrolled member of the
Cherokee Nation, Oeser received his Bachelor
of Arts degree from the University of
Houston in 1993. At UH, he majored in
journalism and minored in political science.
During college he was editor-in-chief of the
University of Houston Daily Cougar,
receiving several regional awards and
scholarships for his news stories,
editorials, and leadership (University of
Houston Alumni Fund Scholarship; Society of
Professional Journalists-Houston Chapter
Scholarship; Houston Press Club Scholarship;
and 1993 Society of Professional
Journalists’ Region 8 College Competition
(News Reporting (Third), Editorial Writing
(Third), and Best Overall Student Paper)).
During college, Oeser worked for The
Houston Chronicle as a summer intern and
The Houston Newspages as a reporter
and photographer. Upon graduation, he
accepted a print reporting position with
ABC/Capital Cities.
After three
years as a government and investigative
reporter, Oeser entered law school at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Legal
Education Opportunity Fellow. While there he
received the 1997 University League Award
(for outstanding commitment to the school
and community), 1998 Feingold Award (for
outstanding commitment to the school and
community), and the 1998 Indian Law Student
of the Year Award (for overall service
during law school). After graduating, Oeser
accepted a one-year clerkship with the
Ho-Chunk Nation Judiciary. After his year
with the tribe, he then took a position at
the Wisconsin Department of Justice in its
Civil Litigation Unit. His responsibilities
at the DOJ included defending class-action
lawsuits concerning prisoner rights,
enforcing Wisconsin's wage and plant closing
law, and assessing personal injury and
employment discrimination cases for settlement.
During his tenure with the
Department, he presented oral argument
before the United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit and the
Wisconsin Supreme Court (State of
Wisconsin ex. rel. Hensley v. Endicott,
245 Wis.2d 607, 629 N.W.2d 686 (Wis. 2001)).
Oeser left the
Department in November 2001 to join the
70-plus attorneys at Von Briesen & Roper,
S.C. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There he
worked in the Indian Law and Litigation
Practice Groups. The Indian Law practice
focused mainly on low income housing
development, other infrastructure
development, and litigation, both in and out
of tribal court. The Litigation practice
handled an extremely broad range of cases,
including commercial litigation, personal
injury, municipal law, and criminal defense.
In early 2003, Oeser moved home to Houston,
Texas, where he began a solo practice doing
mostly
business litigation, consumer protection,
employment discrimination, and personal
injury. In May 2005, Oeser joined
Adair & Myers, P. L. L. C.
Oeser’s main academic
interests are in the areas of legal writing
pedagogy, federal Indian law, tribal law,
and civil rights. He serves on the steering
committee for the SULC Marshall-Brennan
Project in Constitutional Literacy, and the
HSPVA Friends Board of Directors. He is
admitted to practice before the State Bar of
Texas, Wisconsin State Bar (Inactive).
Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Court (Inactive),
U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Texas, all Wisconsin Federal
District Courts, Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals, the Seventh Circuit Courts of
Appeals, and United States Supreme Court.
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