ATTORNEYS

Jeremy Patterson

Partner

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (Miniconjou/Itazipco Lakota)

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Commercial Transactions; Economic Development; Energy and Natural Resource Law; Water Law; Treaty Rights; International Indigenous Law

Alvina Earnhart

Partner

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Navajo Nation (Kin ł ichii’nii – Red House People born for Bit’ahnii – Folded Arms People)

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Tribal Government; Tribal Court and Federal Court Litigation; Administrative Law; Legislation and Code Drafting; Energy and Natural Resource Law; Environmental Law; Commercial and Business Law; Agricultural Law; Wills, Trusts, and Estates; and Housing and Taxation Law

Thomasina Real Bird

Partner

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe (Ihanktonwan Nakota, Sicangu Lakota)

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Tribal and Federal Court Litigation; Tribal Governance; P.L. 93-638 Contracting/Compacting; Employment Law; Administrative Law; Government Regulations; Tribal-State-Federal Relations; Gaming Law; Constitutional Law; and Professional Responsibility

Rollie Wilson

Partner

PRACTICE AREAS
Congressional and Federal Government Relations; Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction; Energy, Water, Natural and Cultural Resources; and Legislative and Administrative Representation

Jeffrey S. Rasmussen

Partner

PRACTICE AREAS
Litigation and Appeals; Indian Gaming; General Tribal Representation

Samantha Skenandore

Partner

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation (Deer Clan)/Descendent of Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Real Estate; Corporate Law; Corporate Tribal Governance; Congressional and Federal Relations; Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction; Government Regulations; Tribal-State-Federal Relations; Indian Gaming; Energy, Water, Natural and Cultural Resources; Legislative and Administrative Representation; Indian Water Rights; Tribal Code Development; Employment Law, Litigation; Administrative Law

Joanne Harmon Curry

Partner

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Indian Water Rights and Development; Legislation and Code Drafting; Education Law and Tribal Schools, including Special Education; Tribal-Federal-State Government Relations; Employment Law

Linda Cooper

Partner

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Indian Gaming; Civil Litigation; and Appellate Advocacy; Administrative Law; Legislation and Code Drafting; Tribe-State-Federal Relations; General Counsel Services

Erin Shanley

Partner

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (Minicoujou Lakota) descendant of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

PRACTICE AREAS
General Counsel Services; Tribal Governance; Tribal Law and Policy Development; Tribal State Relations; Tribal Criminal Justice; Tribal Court Litigation

Mitch Holditch

Partner

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Water Law; Transactional Law; Energy Resource Development; Litigation; General Counsel Services and Tribal Nation Building; Intellectual Property Law

Jane Gardner

Partner

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Water Rights and Development; Environmental Law; General Tribal Representation

Derril Jordan

Partner

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Mattaponi Indian Tribe

PRACTICE AREAS
General Counsel Services; Congressional and Federal Government Relations; Economic Development; Commercial Transactions and Tribal Governance

Ben Fenner

Partner

PRACTICE AREAS
Litigation and Appeals; Congressional and Federal Government Relations; Economic Development; Taxation; Tribal Self-Determination

JR Loera

Senior Associate

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; Tribal Governance; Legislation and Code Drafting; Economic Development and Commercial Transactions

Joseph Fazio

Senior Associate

PRACTICE AREAS
Dependency, Juvenile Delinquency, Criminal, Guardianship and Adult Protective Services Law.

Logan Big Eagle

Associate

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Osage Nation

PRACTICE AREAS
Water Law, Environmental Law; Tribal Governance; Legislation and Code Drafting; Economic Development and Commercial Transactions

Maurisa Bell

Associate

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe

PRACTICE AREAS
Congressional and Federal Government Relations; Federal Indian Law; Legislative and Administrative Representation

Frances C. Bassett

Of Counsel

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation

PRACTICE AREAS
Civil Litigation and Appellate advocacy; Federal Indian Law; Natural Resources, Oil/Gas, Water, and Environmental Law