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| 8:00-9:00 am | Registration |
| 8:30-8:45 am | Welcome and Prayer |
| 8:45-9:30 am | Congressional Perspectives. A panel of current and former congressional Members and staff discuss the outlook of Native American issues in Congress. Byron L. Dorgan, former Senator from North Dakota |
| 9:45-10:15 am | Federal Court Update Patricia Millett, Partner and Co-Chair of the Supreme Court Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
| 10:30-11:45 am | The State Of Trust Reform: Reflections on the Cobell Settlement, Jicarilla and Tohono O’odham Cases Keith Harper, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend, and lead attorney for plaintiffs in Cobell v. Salazar Jim Cason, Booze Allen Hamilton, and former Deputy Secretary for Interior John Dossett, General Counsel, National Congress of American Indians |
| 12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch Keynote Thomas Perrelli, Associate Attorney General (invited) |
| 1:30-2:45 pm | Expanding Tribal Jurisdiction to Protect Native Women Troy A. Eid, Shareholder and Co-Chair, American Indian Law Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Chair of the Indian Law and Order Commission Timothy Purdon, U.S. Attorney for North Dakota (invited) |
| 3:00-4:15 pm | Recession and Defaults: Overcoming the Obstacles to Accessing Capital in Uncertain Times Jeff Carey, Managing Director Native American Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Lance Morgan, Partner, Fredericks Peebles & Morgan, LLP |
| 4:30-5:30 pm | Ethics: Representing the Federal Government while Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility: The Supreme Court’s Jicarilla Decision Ethan Shenkman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division. Patrice Kunesh, Deputy Solicitor – Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior (invited) Ann Juliano, Professor, Villanova Law |
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