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Mark K. Adams 505.954.3903 madams@rodey.com Education Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1966) Harvard College (A.B., cum laude, 1960) Professional Experience Mr. Adams is a director in the Santa Fe office. He practices in the Business Department in the areas of natural resources, water and corporate law and heads the firm’s Environment, Natural Resources, Water and Utilities practice group. Professional Memberships and Activities State Bar of New Mexico (former member of Natural Reso...

Zane Anderson is a director in the business department for the firm’s Oklahoma City office. His primary focus includes corporate, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, banking and financial institutions and securities transactions. Zane received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Finance, with a minor in Accounting from Oklahoma State University in 2009, and his Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2012, where he served as a s...

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Philip Baker-Shenk is a partner in our firm's Indian Law Practice Group and our Entertainment Law Practice Group. He provides legal and policy representation to dozens of Native American Indian Tribal governments as well as Tribal organizations and companies doing business with Indian Tribes. Mr. Baker-Shenk began working on behalf of Indian Tribes in our Nation's capital in 1976. For half a decade, he served as staff in the U.S. Senate, including two years as Majority General Counsel to Indi...

Don Baur, a partner in the firm’s Environment, Energy and Resources practice, has over 30 years of experience in environmental and natural resources law. He served as an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior and as General Counsel of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission before joining Perkins Coie in 1987. Don provides federal-policy-level and project-specific counseling as well as legislative and litigation assistance in a wide range of environment...

Mike Boulette litigates high-stakes divorce and child custody cases, regularly handling multi-million dollar divorces involving closely-held businesses, commercial real estate valuation, fraud and concealed assets, executive benefits, trusts, and inherited wealth, in addition to high-conflict custody cases with allegations of abuse, alienation, or mental health complications. His clients include business owners, public figures, entrepreneurs, C-suite executives, high-net-worth families, medic...

Mary E. Bruno is the Assistant General Counsel for the firm and works with the General Counsel in the areas of risk management, employment, and handling conflict and ethics issues. Mary has worked with the firm's Labor and Employment Law group focusing on advising and representing companies and managers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including National Labor Relations Board matters (organizing drives, representation hearings, election campaigns, unfair labor practice proceedings,...

John P. Burton 505.954.3906 jburton@rodey.com Education Harvard Law School (L.L.B., 1968) Louisiana Tech University (B.S., magna cum laude, accounting major, 1965) Professional Experience Jack Burton is a director in the Santa Fe office. He has a state-wide, multi-disciplined, commercial practice involving transactions, alternative dispute resolution and litigation in federal and state courts, and legislative representation. He handles complex, commercial disputes of most kinds, including lit...

Bill is a member of the Financial Services Practice Group and has significant experience in public financing, commercial and investment real estate lending and bankruptcy law. He represents financial institutions in a variety of commercial loans with Native American borrowers and has experience with related commercial lending issues such as waivers of sovereign immunity, submission to jurisdiction, governing law and trust lands.

Paul Eckstein's practice is focused on civil litigation (including appellate matters) involving commercial, legal malpractice, constitutional, Indian law and political law issues. He also frequently serves as a mediator and arbitrator.

Troy A. Eid, the former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, is a principal shareholder in the firm's Denver office. He has wide-ranging experience in complex federal, state and tribal litigation at the administrative, trial and appellate court level. Mr. Eid also handles a wide range of sensitive commercial transactions and disputes that require statutory, regulatory or administrative approval. Recent examples include: Spearheading the statutory review and community participation proc...

Harvey Ellis’ practice involves complex procedural issues in addition to a litigation portfolio which focuses on litigation requirements and strategy, business disputes of numerous kinds, constitutional issues, and legal ethics. In conjunction with his civil litigation practice, Harvey has written extensively on practice and procedure affecting Oklahoma practitioners in both state and federal courts. His work includes co-authoring two major Oklahoma procedural treatises and numerous leg...

Eric Fjelstad, a partner in the Environment, Energy & Resources practice, is managing partner of the Alaska office and leads the firm’s Alaska EER practice. His practice is focused on natural resources project development, defense of governmental and citizen enforcement actions, and compliance counseling. Eric’s project development is focused on due diligence and permitting of mining, oil and gas, energy, forestry, and heavy infrastructure projects. He regularly counsels Alask...

Mr. Freedman’s practice encompasses a broad range of environmental, business, eminent domain, and Indian Law litigation in federal and state courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution. In the area of environmental law, his experience includes Endangered Species Act, natural resource damages, hazardous waste matters, cost-recovery litigation under CERCLA, criminal defense of Clean Water Act enforcement, civil tort claims and regulatory matters. Bart currently represents King Count...

Mr. Garner, a Member of the firm is a trial lawyer specializing in commercial and complex litigation. He has been lead counsel in cases in New Mexico, California, West Virginia, Kansas, Arizona, Indiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, involving complex and class action litigation ranging from asbestos exposure, benzene exposure, mass closings of big box retailers, noise pollution, commercial, banking, bankruptcy and financial litigation. He is admitted to practice before the fede...

Jimmy Goodman is a senior trial attorney and past president at Crowe & Dunlevy. Since 1973, Jimmy has specialized in high-stakes business litigation, product claims and disputes involving tribal compacts, economic development, gaming enterprises and federal Indian law. Jimmy has tried cases before state, federal, bankruptcy and tribal courts representing individuals, small businesses and Native American Nations along with Fortune 500 companies. Jimmy recently represented Indian Nations in...

Jill Grant, the principal member of Jill Grant & Associates, LLC, has extensive background in environmental, administrative, and federal Indian law. Before starting her own law firm, Ms. Grant was a partner in private practice, representing Indian tribes on environmental and federal Indian law issues. Previously Ms. Grant wasan attorney at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of General Counsel, where she was on the team that drafted the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and wo...

For more than 20 years, Tina Grovier has worked with natural resource developers, Alaska Native Corporations, and regulated utilities to accomplish their goals in our northernmost state. She has assisted clients in negotiating key agreements for project development and operations, acquiring various permits and government approvals, including those from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Com...

Stan Harris is a shareholder with Modrall Sperling and has twenty years of litigation experience. Stan practices in the areas of public lands, natural resources, and commercial litigation. He has advised clients at the judicial, administrative, and legislative levels on federal, state, and local issues. Stan has extensive experience in the representation of parties in their disputes involving cultural property, public lands, Indian lands, oil and gas industry, environmental infrastructure mat...

Gerald Jackson is an experienced trial lawyer focusing on business, commercial and complex litigation, as well as Indian law and gaming. He has extensive experience involving tribe-state and intra-tribal disputes, securities, business agreements, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets, insurance, energy and construction. Gerald litigates complex business disputes and mass tort actions in state and federal courts, including class action lawsuits. He also advocates in commerci...

Don practices exclusively in the area of employment and labor law. He counsels and represents employers in such matters as employment discrimination and sexual harassment claims, wrongful discharge claims, breach of contract claims, wage and hour disputes, arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, employee hiring, discipline, and discharge procedures, drug and alcohol testing matters, non-competition disputes, labor relations issues and miscellaneous employment policy matters. Don has been...

Andrew's practice focuses on commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, software licensing, entity formation, employment matters, securities and general counsel services with an emphasis on transactional and regulatory aspects of Indian gaming.

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 ...

Michael Laird is an experienced transaction lawyer concentrating his practice in commercial real estate, project development, finance, construction and leasing. Mr. Laird has represented developers, commercial and institutional lenders, investors, contractors, architects and others involved in the commercial real estate industry. He also advises hospitality industry and healthcare clients, has experience in environmental law, gaming industry matters and Indian law, and has been involved exten...

Thayne's practice focuses on real estate development and transaction matters. A major portion of his practice involves work for Indian tribes, both on- and off-reservation, and for non-Indians involved in on-reservation real estate transactions. Thayne's practice also includes a substantial natural resources development component.

Paige Masters is a director in the Litigation & Trial, Appellate and Healthcare Practice Groups for the firm’s Oklahoma City office. She has advocated for or defended clients at both the trial and appellate level in complex commercial disputes, including cases involving breach of contract, insurance bad faith, trade secrets, negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, ERISA, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Paige is also experienced in defending state initiative petitions in pre-el...

Mike McBride III is a trial, appellate and business lawyer with two decades of experience. He is a sought-after and trusted advisor with extensive experience in gaming, federal Indian law, litigation and complex transactions. Mike has tried more than 50 cases to conclusion in federal, tribal and state courts including numerous jury trials; as a Judge and Justice, he has adjudicated scores more and authored many published decisions. He excels in gaming regulatory matters, bet-the-tribe litigat...

Scott Meacham joined Crowe & Dunlevy as a director in January of 2011. He joined the firm after completing his term of service as the 17th State Treasurer of Oklahoma, serving in that capacity since June 2005. Scott focuses his practice on banking, bankruptcy, private wealth and real estate law. In addition to his duties as State Treasurer, he served on the governor’s cabinet as Secretary for Finance and Revenue from 2003 – 2011. In this capacity, he was the governor’s p...

Thomas E. Meacham is a solo law practitioner in Anchorage, Alaska. His legal practice areas involve Alaska’s unique body of natural resources law, in all of its aspects. Tom’s legal experience in Alaska natural resources law goes back some 45 years, and encompasses the significant and comprehensive federal and state resource development and conservation laws that continue to shape life in Alaska. His firm, Thomas E. Meacham, Attorney at Law, concentrates primarily on the legal imp...

Brooke Murphy’s civil trial practice focuses on commercial, insurance, intellectual property, securities and healthcare disputes, including related class actions. She has represented major Oklahoma and national companies in contesting class certification, and also represents general business clients in their litigation. Her publications and lectures include subjects such as evidence, procedure, arbitration, insurance and punitive damages, trade secrets, and medical staff issues. A past ...

Brian Nichols’ practice is primarily in federal Indian law and litigation, including tribal courts, with focuses on energy, natural resources, transportation and employment. His experience includes: Lead counsel in trials in federal, state, and tribal courts. Lead negotiator in labor negotiations. Advising and negotiating for clients with tribal nations. Consulting with clients doing or considering business on or with tribal nations. Brian has advised clients including BHP Billiton, Uni...

Dan earned his B.S. in Business Administration with High Distinction from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management in 1982 and his Juris Doctor cum laude from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago in 1986. Dan’s practice has focused on representing businesses and governmental entities in complex business transactions (including asset and corporate acquisitions and dispositions, the origination and workout of large construction, real estate, a...

David A. Reiser focuses his practice on appellate litigation. He has briefed cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and briefed or argued cases in numerous federal courts of appeals and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. David is also regularly called upon to assist other lawyers in preparing for oral arguments in the Supreme Court and appellate courts. David devotes a substantial portion of his time to pro bono matters, and he was recognized by the American Bar Association with its Pro Bono...

Mr. Sansonetti joined Holland & Hart in 1993 and built a nationally recognized practice in natural resources and environmental law. Long considered an expert in natural resources and environmental matters, Mr. Sansonetti has served as one of the top leaders in the Department of Justice and also has held the third-ranking position in the Department of the Interior. He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and in several Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal, and has served as a federal prose...

Stacy Schauvliege is a director in the Tulsa office of Crowe & Dunlevy and is a member of the Aviation & Commercial Space, Banking & Financial Institutions and Real Estate Practice Groups. Her practice focuses on aircraft purchase and sale transactions, Federal Aviation Administration compliance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate acquisitions and sales, commercial leasing, corporate governance, and commercial banking law, specifically for secured financing transactions in the ...

John Schultz focuses on environmental, natural resources, federal Indian, and occupational safety and health law. For more than 25 years he has advised manufacturers, real estate developers, lending institutions, municipalities, tribal governments, and energy project developers regarding compliance with federal, state, and local environmental and occupational safety and health laws. He has extensive experience regarding federal and state Superfund, solid and hazardous waste, air, process/stor...

Mr. Sheridan guides clients through the complexities of commercial litigation. With more than 30 years of experience, he understands the needs of his clients who are facing the possibility of a trial. His background includes trial, appellate, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution experience, including extensive work in antitrust, breach of contract, real property, land use, oil and gas, water rights, Indian law and litigation arising out of administrative regulation of business. Mr. ...

Lynn Slade serves clients’ needs addressing Federal Indian law and Native American law, energy, natural resources, environmental law, project development, complex litigation and transactions for over 30 years. In his Indian law practice, Lynn advises and counsels natural resource and energy developers, financial institutions, utilities, and other businesses in transactions and project development, including extensive involvement with renewable energy projects. He also leads litigation t...

Michael R. Smith leads the firm’s Native American law practice, which involves nationally significant litigation and political disputes with regard to land claims, trust land, gaming, governance, tax, and sovereignty issues. Outside the American Indian Law Practice, Mike is involved in complex class action and civil litigation regarding matters such as legal malpractice, intra-law firm disputes, whistleblower protection, and insurance fraud. Mike serves on the firm’s executive com...