Kanji & Katzen

Kanji & Katzen Associate Position Opening

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Associate Position Opening

Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, with offices in Seattle, Washington, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, seeks an attorney for either office.  Kanji & Katzen’s nationwide legal practice focuses exclusively on the representation of tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal members.  The firm assists tribes in protecting their sovereignty, their natural and cultural resources, and their lands, and in  pursuing economic development projects.  The firm expects its attorneys to devote their careers to advocacy on behalf of tribes.

Applicants should possess a stellar academic and professional record and a commitment to tribal representation.  Prior experience in the field of Indian law, while helpful, is not a pre-requisite to employment.  The firm offers competitive salaries and an opportunity to hone advocacy skills in a wide variety of interesting settings.

To apply, please send by email a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and a writing sample addressed to Phil Katzen, pkatzen@kanjikatzen.com.  Also please indicate if you have a preference for the Seattle or Ann Arbor office.

Seattle Human Rights Commission Release on Law Firms that will Boycott Washington Football Team

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Law Firms Rally to Boycott Corporate Sponsors of the D.C. N.F.L. Team; the National Congress of American Indians Issues a Letter of Support

For information contact:

Ethel Branch

(206) 344-8100

ethel.billie@gmail.com

SEATTLE –The Seattle-based law firm of Kanji & Katzen PLLC has answered the call of the Seattle Human Rights Commission and has voted to boycott the D.C. N.F.L. team’s key corporate sponsors until the team’s name changes.  This includes ceasing use of FedEx in the firm’s two offices, and closing the firm’s accounts at Bank of America.  The firm specializes in litigation on behalf of Native Nations throughout Indian country in fields spanning treaty rights, sovereignty protection, taxation and regulation, land claims and land use, reservation boundaries, gaming and economic development, and environmental protection.

The move by Kanji & Katzen, announced last Monday, prompted other law firms to join the boycott.  By Friday, Kewenvoyouma Law, Skenandore Law, Galanda Broadman (also Seattle-based) and the Alaska office of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP had joined the boycott.  The boycott is also under review by the partners of a number of other law firms nationwide.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, the National Congress of American Indians, the oldest and largest representative organization of Native Nations in the United States, issued a letter of support for the Seattle Human Rights Commission’s Resolution No. 15-01 calling for the boycott among City of Seattle residents and businesses, as well as by the City of Seattle itself.

The Commission continues to urge the City, City businesses, and City residents to join the boycott and recently started a change.org petition for individuals to sign on to the boycott.  The “Boycott D.C. N.F.L. Team Sponsors until the Name is Changed” petition has garnered 69 signatures thus far.

Kanji & Katzen Job Announcement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Update (10/15/2012) — This position has been filled.

Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, with offices in Seattle, Washington, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, seeks an attorney for either office.  Kanji & Katzen’s nationwide legal practice focuses exclusively on the representation of tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal members.  The firm assists tribes in protecting their sovereignty, their natural and cultural resources, and their lands, and in  pursuing economic development projects.  The firm expects its attorneys to devote their careers to advocacy on behalf of tribes.

Applicants should possess a stellar academic and professional record and a commitment to tribal representation.  We prefer that applicants have 2-7 years of practicing or judicial clerkship experience subsequent to law school, but such experience is not an absolute requirement for highly qualified applicants.  Prior experience in the field of Indian law, while helpful, is not a pre-requisite to employment.

The firm offers competitive salaries and an opportunity to hone advocacy skills in a wide variety of interesting settings.

To apply, please send by email a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and a writing sample addressed to Phil Katzen, pkatzen@kanjikatzen.com.

Dalia Tsuk Mitchell’s Book on Felix Cohen Wins National Award

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Legal History Blog:

The Littleton-Griswold Prize for the best book in American law and society will be awarded to Dalia Tsuk Mitchell for Architect of Justice: Felix S. Cohen and the Founding of American Legal Pluralism (Cornell Univ. Press, 2006) at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in January.

We will be hosting Prof. Tsuk Mitchell at the Center this spring to discuss her book, along with Sam Hirsch of Jenner & Block, Riyaz Kanji of Kanji & Katzen, Christian McMillen of the University of Virginia, and Sam Deloria of the American Indian Graduate Center. That day’s panels will be discussing the legacy of Felix S. Cohen.