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Andrew Adams III joined the firm in 2010 after serving as Associate General Counsel and then three years as General Counsel for the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. Andrew is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Andrew represented the St Croix Tribe in tribal, state, and federal venues. Andrew has experience in the areas of federal Indian law, tribal constitutional law, tribal governance, gaming law, complex financial transactions, tax issues related to Tribal governments and individual tribal members, business law, employment law, treaty hunting, fishing, and gathering law, and government relations.
Andrew currently serves as the President of the Minnesota American Indian Bar Association, the Treasurer of the Federal Bar Association Indian Law Section, and the Midwest Regional Editor for the Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Newsletter. He is past Vice-Chair of the Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, a member of the State of Wisconsin Legislative Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations, Treasurer of the National Native American Law Student Association, and Vice-Chair of the University of Wisconsin Law School Indigenous Law Students Association. Andrew has regularly lectured on Indian-law issues at seminars and conferences nationally. He is a 2009 recipient of the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association Forward Under 40 Award, awarded to UW grads under age 40 who are making an impact on the world by living the Wisconsin Idea.
Andrew serves as a Justice for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court.
