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

Frances C. Bassett

Partner

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

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

Jeffrey S. Rasmussen

Partner

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

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

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

Donald Walton

Associate

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Citizen of the Cherokee Nation

PRACTICE AREAS
Business Litigation; Transactional Business Law; Federal Tax; Wills, Trusts, and Estates; Contract Drafting and Negotiations; Tribal Business and Economic Development; Tribal Governance

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

Rebecca Plumage

Associate

TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
Enrolled member of the Nakoda Nation

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Indian Law; General Counsel Services and Tribal Nation Building; Tribal Governance; Economic Development

Michelle Long

Of Counsel

PRACTICE AREAS
Federal Tax Law; Internal Revenue and Treasury Regulations; Trusts and Estates; Business and Economic Development