Second part of the third category, people and parties.
# 2 Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Everyone’s favorite Supreme Court Justice. Wrote scholarly and compelling concurrence in the Bay Mills matter. Wrote amazing dissent in the affirmative action case.
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# 15 McAllen Grace Brethren Church
Won Fifth Circuit case, along with Lipan Apache members, which held that the Eagle Act regs might violate RFRA.
In case you weren’t around yesterday, we’ve been playing a little game based on a game Grantland has been playing for a few years — Who Won 2014? Yesterday’s four posts (here, here, here, and here) ask you to vote in the first two categories, Indian nations and Doctrines, Laws, and Issues. Today, we move on to the next two categories.
Yes, the people fighting the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. They lost over a downright angry dissent in the Fifth Circuit, but hired Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSBlog fame and have attracted the Supreme Court’s attention with a CVSG. Now their next hurdle is the OSG. Ah the privilege of opposing tribal interests. Think the tribe would have had the same luck?
Ok, let’s see how many feds I can make uncomfortable. How can the Assistant Secretary be seeded so low? It’s like Navajo — there’s an enormous amount of volume, but there’s a lot of bad with the good. This “person and party”, more so than any of the others on this list, is the job more than the person. But this is a great guy, famously self-effacing, humorous (it helps to steal Sam Deloria’s jokes once in a while), kind, generous with his time (UCLA, MSU, Colorado, Fed Bar, Harvard), and individually personable.
But he’s the assistant secretary and a fair percentage of the people reading this blog envision him as sporting devil horns like Tim Curry in Legend.
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# 12 Hon. Eric Holder
Fed v. Fed. Another person enveloped by the position. Announced the new ICWA initiative. But also resigned (pending the Senate’s confirmation of his successor).
POSITION: ATTORNEY
OPENING DATE: April 22, 2014
CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled
DEPARTMENT: Governor’s Office / Government Affairs Office
SALARY RANGE: E – 19; $67,692 – $101,537
Position Summary:
Under the direct administrative supervision of the Government Affairs Director, serves as an in-house legal advisor, representative, and counselor to the Pueblo of Laguna including programs and departments. Ensures that all applicable laws are followed to protect and enhance tribal sovereignty. Provides assistance to avoid or prevent expensive legal disputes and litigation and to protect the legal interests of the Pueblo government.
The American Indian Law Journal at Seattle University is seeking content
My name is Jillian Held and I am the Content Editor for the American Indian Law Journal at Seattle University. The American Indian Law Journal is a fairly new academic journal. In an effort to fill a critical gap in the amount of current information available to those interested in the rapidly developing field of Indian law, the Journal employs an innovative online format. Containing a hybrid of shorter, timelier articles, published in parallel with legal developments in the field, as well as traditional, lengthier journal articles analyzing larger topics, the Journal appeals to a broad range of readers.
The Editorial Board is seeking content. This is a formal publication and will be available to practitioners, professors, students, and the general public across the country. If you are interested in providing content please submit articles to me by email. We do have a very limited number of slots open for our Spring 2015 edition, so if you are interested in submitting an article for Spring please email me your articles as soon as possible.
Seems odd to seed this so low, but there’s no significant litigation out there pending (unless the Court grants cert in this), no administrative or legislative action. Depressing. There’s this:
Crowe & Dunlevy, one of Oklahoma’s largest law firms with offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, seeks an attorney with 5-9 years of experience to assist in serving clients and managing and expanding our Indian Law & Gaming practice group. The firm’s Indian Law & Gaming practice group serves numerous tribal governments and their entities and organizations, as well as international gaming companies. Our dedicated service to tribal clients include general counsel, consultation attorney general, prosecution, transactional matters, economic development, gaming regulation, compact negotiation, energy environmental law, intellectual property, and financing, in many forums including the courts and agencies of tribes, states, the federal government, and foreign and international governments. Crowe & Dunlevy seeks an outstanding qualified lawyer for the Tulsa office.
Responsibilities include:
Assisting and managing case load transactions and ongoing matters;
Mentoring and supervising junior lawyers and support staff;
Engaging in negotiating and concluding large financial transactions and contracts;
Counseling and representation in tribal corporate law and tribal government;
Providing counsel in economic development, business and corporate law;
Advising tribal governments and their agencies on tribal gaming and gaming regulation issues; and
Litigation in state, federal and tribal arenas.
Requirements include:
Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA accredited law school, with a preferred emphasis in Federal Indian Law;
Status as an active member in good standing of a bar association of at least one state jurisdiction and an ability and willingness to obtain licensure in Oklahoma and various tribal courts;
Minimum of 5-9 years of experience as an associate attorney (or agency or government equivalent) in demanding and high quality practice setting;
Demonstrated cultural familiarity, respect and experience in representing tribes, tribal governments and those doing business with tribes and demonstrated experience in establishing trusted relationships with tribes, tribal government and tribal business organizations;
Excellent analytical, research and writing abilities;
Outstanding academic performance, clerkships and/or law review or similar experience;
Proven communication skills, including verbal, written and listening skills, superior interpersonal skills and proven record of maintaining a positive attitude as well as solving problems; and
Exercise a high degree of working independently, leadership within a team in a fast paced practice group and large law firm.
Crowe & Dunlevy offers the ideal candidate a competitive salary and bonus opportunity, contribution to 401k, excellent benefits and superior support staff and technical and logistical support.
Send your resume/curriculum vitae, cover letter with salary requirements, several writing samples, law school transcripts and five references to Lisa Rose, Director of Human Resources, Braniff Building, 324 N. Robinson, Suite 100, Oklahoma City, OK 73102; email: lisa.rose@crowedunlevy.com; phone (405) 235-7777.
This position will have the potential to lead to shareholder membership within the firm based upon experience and performance. Applications for this position will be accepted until February 15, 2015, although the position may be filled prior to that date with the right candidate.
You might see a lot of Michigan here (here’s another), and that’s thanks to MIFPA.
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#16 Federal Indian law preemption
The Chehalis/Great Wolf Lodge matter from 2013 helped bring federal Indian law preemption back from the dead. The State of Washington was still feeling the consequences this year. The real impact may be in the BIA leasing regulations.
# 8 Rule 19
My favorite FRCP. Lots of Rule 19 action again this year, including a close call at the Supreme Court, which denied cert in the Buena Vista matter. Other cases involved Jamul Indian Village, payday lending cases, and Skokomish.
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