Tribal governments participate in government-to-government relationships every day. Tribal interests often are implicated, and must be vindicated and preserved by engaging in the legislative and bureaucratic activities of other sovereigns. Effective representation in the processes of those governments ensures strong tribal governments, and often the preservation of sovereign tribal rights and authorities. The Firms attorneys have broad and significant experience representing tribal interests in state, federal, and intertribal legislative and administrative matters.
The breadth and depth of our experience gives us unique insight into the workings of legislative and administrative agencies at the tribal, state, and federal levels, which enables us to efficiently prosecute matters and resolve problems quickly for our clients. For a quarter century, we have been engaged in intergovernmental relations for our clients in a broad array of matters, including:
- negotiating federal legislation and state agreements regarding gaming,
- negotiating federal legislation restoring tribal lands and securing just compensation for prior takings,
- analyzing state and federal legislation, advising clients on the impact of that legislation, and advocating amendments that would benefit our clients, and
- preparing testimony and commentary for presentations before tribal, state, and federal bodies and comments on proposed legislation and agency rules.
We have also worked effectively with state and federal bureaucracies to achieve clients objectives, whether the goal is to secure or prevent agency action. As is true with respect to our other practice areas, the Firm is flexible and efficient, delivers quality legal services, and is able to achieve productive results at an affordable cost.
