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Martha L. King

Martha L. King, P.C.
"I worked with Martha L. King for many years at the Navajo Nation Office of Navajo Government Development. She has been practicing federal Indian, sovereignty, and local governance law for a great many years and has the attention, passion, focus, and drive to draft all manner of laws, amendments, and policies. Additionally, she has a great deal of experience, even winning federal Indian law cases when others weren’t."

-Mitchelle Dotson

Lawyer Bio

Martha L. King is the President and Managing Attorney of Martha L. King, P.C., a peer-rated professional services law firm included in Best Lawyers in America® and U.S. News & World Report® as a Best Law Firm in Native American Law in 2017, 2018, and 2019.  She represents businesses with their law and policy drafting, employment law, administrative law, contract law, civil defense, and federal, tribal and state-tribal relations. She reviews contracts, agreements, leases, and other business documents. She advises on effective administration of programs, including personnel and operational issues.  She assists them with business management structuring;observing corporate formalities; discharging fiduciary duties; and litigation prevention and litigation.

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Native American Law
 

Awards:

  • The Managing Attorney is peer rated and included in the Best Lawyers in America® in Native American Law in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
  • The Managing Attorney is peer rated and included in the Best Lawyers in America® in Native American Law in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
  • The Firm was peer rated and included in Best Lawyers in America® and U.S. News & World Report as a Best Law Firm® in Native American law. 
 

Lawyer Client Comments

"I worked with Martha L. King for many years at the Navajo Nation Office of Navajo Government Development. She has been practicing federal Indian, sovereignty, and local governance law for a great many years and has the attention, passion, focus, and drive to draft all manner of laws, amendments, and policies. Additionally, she has a great deal of experience, even winning federal Indian law cases when others weren’t."

Mitchelle Dotson

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Firm Details

Martha L. King, P.C.
https://www.marthakinglaw.com
 
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Lawyer Case History

Representative Cases

 Osage Minerals Council v. U.S. Department of the Interior, case number 4:15-cv-00367(N.D. Okla. 2015); Final Disposition in the Matter of U.S. Department of Interior, Office of Inspector General Report of Investigation U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ARRA Funds (St. Marks), No. OI-CO-13-0243-I (Apr. 24, 2015); First Bank & Trust Co. v. Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes, No. IN-110909 (Ok. Civ. App. Feb. 23, 2015); St. Marks v. Chippewa Cree Election Board, No. 2013-CV-CV-1645 (Chippewa Cree Ct. App. Nov. 19, 2014); Oklahoma v. Hobia, No. 12-5134, 2014 WL 5822654 (10th Cir. Nov. 10, 2014); Brown v. Boswell, No. 5:20-CV-00970-R (W.D. Okla. Nov. 3, 2011); Wandrie-Harjo v. Boswell, No. CIV-11-171-F, 2011 WL 7807743 (W.D. Okla. Aug. 15, 2011); Gulfstream Worldwide Realty, Inc. v. Philips Electronics North America Corp., No. CIV-06-1165 JB/DJS, 2007 WL 4707080 (D.N.M. Aug. 14, 2007); Bighorse v. Southern Plains Regional Director, 59 IBIA 1 (2014); St. Marks v. Chippewa Cree Election Board Members, Case No. 2013-CV-CV-1645, Opinion (Chippewa Cree Tribal Ct. App. Nov. 19, 2014); Lynn v. Boswell, No. SC-2010-0014 (Cheyenne & Arapaho S. Ct. June 17, 2011); Miami Business Services, LLC v. Davis, 299 P.3d 477 (Okla. 2013); John v. Baker, 982 P.2d 738 (Alaska 1999).