Membership Categories
Regular Members. Regular members are persons who are enrolled members of any Indian tribe, band, or persons who are recognized by their Indian community as being Indian. Regular members must also be members in good standing of a state bar.
Associate Members. Associate members are persons who are enrolled members of any Indian tribe, band, or persons who are recognized by their Indian community as being Indian. Associate members must also be law students or law school graduates not yet admitted to the bar or an officer of a tribal court.
Special Members. Special members are those persons who are not enrolled members of any Indian tribe, band, or persons who are recognized by their Indian community as being Indian. Special members must be members of a state bar, law school graduates not yet admitted to the bar, or law school students interested in Indian law.
Regular Members
Andrew Adams III
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 W. County Road B2, Suite 460
St. Paul, MN 55113
651-842-9100
aadams@hogenadams.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Wisconsin Law School – 2006
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Muscogee Nation
Bar admissions: Minnesota; Oklahoma; Wisconsin; 6th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation; Lower Sioux Indian Community; Muscogee (Creek) Nation; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Red Lake Nation Tribal Court
Nature of law practice: Andrew has experience in the areas of federal Indian law, tribal constitutional law, tribal governance, gaming law, complex financial transactions, tax issues related to Tribal governments and individual tribal members, business law, employment law, treaty hunting, fishing, and gathering law, and government relations.
Robert Aitken
Leech Lake Financial Services
Robert.aitken@LLFinancial.org
Law School and Graduation Year: University of North Dakota School of Law - 2000
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court
Chris Allery
Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Law School and Graduation Year: University of North Dakota, 1999
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Descendent
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Susan Allen
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East Fifth Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
sallen@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: J.D. University of New Mexico School of Law - 1995; LLM in Taxation, William Mitchell College of Law - 2000
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal Affiliation: Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Chris Anderson
Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative
canderson@rayburnelectric.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Wisconsin Law School, 1991
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas (Pending)
Link to Professional website/bio/LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherdavidanderson
Mary Al Balber
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Office of General Counsel
30 East 7th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-201-1752
mabalber@yahoo.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Hamline University School of Law - 1990
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Jacqueline Beaulieu
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney
Child Protection Division
525 Portland Ave S, 12th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Office (612) 543-4995
Jacqueline.Beaulieu@hennepin.us
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 1999
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal Affiliation: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Bar Admissions: Minnesota; U.S. District Court of Minnesota; White Earth Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; Leech Lake Tribal Court
Jennifer F. Beck-Brown
Lieutenant Colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Minnesota Army National Guard
Hennepin County Attorney's Office
jennifer.beck-brown@hennepin.us
300 South 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline (formerly William Mitchell College of Law) - 2003
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Bar admission(s): Minnesota; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Jamie Becker-Finn
State of Minnesota
jbeckerfinn@gmail.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell 2011
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Leech Lake Ojibwe
Bar admission: State of MN
Hon. Robert A. Blaeser (Retired)
Robert A. Blaeser, ADR, LLC and White Earth Nation
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 1979
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: White Earth Anishinaabe
Bar admissions: MN Supreme Court 1979; US District Court, District of MN 1979; US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1980
Nature of law practice: Blaeser serves as a mediator, arbitrator, special master, and retired judge. An Anishinaabe from the White Earth Nation, Blaeser also currently serves as Chief Judge of the White Earth Nation Tribal Court. Blaeser is nationally known for his expertise on racial bias in the justice system and the Indian Child Welfare Act. He is a resource for conducting training sessions in these areas. He speaks on topics including racial bias, the Indian Child Welfare Act, domestic abuse, truancy, the concept of family conferencing, and tribal courts.
Hon. Leo Brisbois
Federal Magistrate Judge
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
515 W. 1st St., Chambers Rm #412
Duluth, MN 55802
Law School and Graduation Year: Hamline University School of Law - 1987
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: White Earth
Bar admissions: Minnesota; U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court
Philip M. Brodeen
Brodeen & Paulson PLLP
phil@brodeenpaulson.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 2012
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Nature of law practice: providing high quality representation to tribal governments, tribal businesses, gaming operations, and tribal instrumentalities.
Henry M. Buffalo Jr.
Buffalo Law Office
540 Lakeside Bay Drive S.
Bayport, MN 55003
651-398-7113
hmb@buffalolawoffice.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Wisconsin - 1981
Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Bar admissions: Minnesota; Wisconsin
Ava Marie M. Cavaco
Meshbesher & Spence
acavaco@meshbesher.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline - 2017
MAIBA Membership: Regular
Tribal Affiliation: Native Hawaiian
Rebecca Chapman
rebecca.e.chapman@gmail.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 2002
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Bar Admissions: Minnesota, Federal District of Minnesota, California, Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Court
Tribal Affiliation: Wyandot of Anderdon
Nature of Practice: Employment law, Estate planning, Indian law, Indian Gaming, Real Property Law, Business Law, Tribal Governance and Economic Development, Tribal Sovereignty
Shauna L. Coons
Kwe Law Firm
scoons@kwelawfirm.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law – 2007
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal Affiliation: Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe
Bar admissions: Minnesota; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; Forest County Potawatomi Tribal Court; Leech Lake Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Tribal Court; Ho-Chunk Tribal Court
http://www.kwelawfirm.com/
Angel E. Daher
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Office of Solicitor General
Managing Attorney
Law School and Graduation Year: Hamline University School of Law - 2002
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Jason Decker
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law - 2017
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Heidi Drobnick
Swanson, Drobnick & Tousey P.C.
3120 Woodbury Drive, Suite 200
Woodbury, MN 55725
651-739-9615
hdrobnick@sdtlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 1991
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Bar admissions: Supreme Court of Minnesota; Supreme Court of Texas; Federal District Court of Minnesota; Bois Forte Tribal Court; Prairie Island Tribal Court; Shakopee Tribal Court; Winnebago Tribal Court; Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Court; White Earth Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; Red Lake Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Tribal Court; Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Court; Upper Sioux Tribal Court
Angelique EagleWoman
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Professor of Law and Director of the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute
875 Summit Ave
St. Paul, MN 55409
angelique.eaglewoman@mitchellhamline.edu
Law School and Graduation Year: University of North Dakota JD - 1998, Univ of Tulsa LLM -2004
Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Bar admissions: DC; Oklahoma; South Dakota
Link to Professional website: Angelique EagleWoman
Keala Ede
Office of the Federal Defender, District of Minnesota
107 U.S. Courthouse
300 South Fourth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55438
keala_ede@fd.org
Law School and Graduation Year: U.C. Berkeley (Boalt Hall) - 2003
Tribal affiliation: Native Hawaiian
Bar admissions: Minnesota; California; Hawaii; American Samoa
Link to professional website: http://mn.fd.org/
Jill Kehaulani Esch
Office of Ombudsperson for American Indian Families
23 Empire Drive, #102
St. Paul, MN 55103
Jill.esch@state.mn.us
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 2003
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Native Hawaiian
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Link to Professional Biography/Website: https://mn.gov/oaif/
Lori J. Flohaug
Flohaug Law Firm, PLLC
520 First Avenue NW, P.O. Box 568
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-326-0929
lori@flohauglaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law, 1999
Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Nature of law practice: Family Law, Estate Planning, Probate, Criminal Defense, Rule 114 Mediator, Parenting Expeditor, Custody Evaluator, Social Early Neutral Evaluator, Financial Early Neutral Evaluator
Shawn R. Frank
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East 5th Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 644-4710
sfrank@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: American University - 1994
Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Seneca Nation
Bar admissions: Minnesota, New York, New Mexico
Jacob Glass
Enbridge Energy
jacob.glass@enbridge.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law - 2017
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal Affiliation: White Earth Nation
Bar Admissions: Minnesota
Peter Glass
Xcel Energy
401 Nicollet Mall, 8th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Tel. 612-215-4584
e-mail: peter.m.glass@xcelenergy.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 1991
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal Affiliation: White Earth Nation
Nature of Law Practice: Assistant General Counsel at Xcel Energy
Lorenzo Gudino
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 W. County Rd. B2, Suite 460
St. Paul, MN 55113
lgudino@hogenadams.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Wisconsin Law School - 2021
MAIBA Membership: Regular
Tribal Affiliation: Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache
Bar admissions: Wisconsin
AnnaLisa Hamann
Student at University of Minnesota Law School, expected graduation in 2024
Wendy Helgemo
Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP
300 New Jersey Avenue NW, Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20001
whelgemo@bigfirelaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Colorado Law School - 1995
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Ho-Chunk Nation
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, Wisconsin
Daniel Hickey
dhickeyy@gmail.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of St. Thomas School of Law - 2013
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Jeanine L. Hill
Meyer Njus Tanick, P.A.
330 Second Ave S, Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55401
jhill@meyernjus.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of St. Thomas - 2006
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation:Turtle Mountain Ojibwe
Bar admissions: MN
Thomas R. Hipkins
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
200 South Sixth Street Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-492-7307
thipkins@fredlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School – 2003
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: White Earth Ojibwe
Bar admissions: US District Court of Minnesota, US Patent and Trademark Office
Link to Professional Biography/Website: Thomas R. Hipkins
Vanya Hogen
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 W. County Rd. B2, Suite 460
St. Paul, MN 55113
651-842-9100
vhogen@hogenadams.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 1993
MAIBA Membership: Regular
Tribal Affiliation: Oglala Sioux Tribe
Bar admissions: MN, SD, U.S. Supreme Court; D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit Court of Appeals; 7th Circuit Court of Appeals; 8th Circuit Court of Appeals; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court for Minnesota; U.S. District Court of Nebraska; U.S. District Court of South Dakota; Ho-Chunk Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court; Norther Plains Intertribal Court of Appeals; Lac du Flambeau Tribal Court, Prairie Island Tribal Court
Link to Professional website: Vanya S. Hogen
Tadd M. Johnson
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 1985
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Christine J. Jordan
Jordan.ChristineJ@gmail.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of New Mexico School of Law - 2016
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Blackfeet/Isleta Pueblo
Bar admissions: New Mexico, Minnesota
Leah Jurss
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 W. County Road B2, Suite 460
St. Paul, MN 55113
651-842-9100
ljurss@hogenadams.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Michigan State University School of Law - 2015
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: White Earth Nation
Bar admissions: Minnesota; Michigan; US District Court Western District of Michigan, Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court
Link to Professional website: Leah Jurss
R. Reid LeBeau II
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East 5th Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 644-4710
rlebeau@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 2005
Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Cheyenne River Sioux
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Melissa Lorentz
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
PO Box 4204
St. Paul, MN 55101
507-779-5245
melissa.lorentz8@gmail.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline College of Law - 2015
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Eastern Band of Cherokee
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Casey L. Matthiesen
Robins Kaplan LLP
800 LaSalle Ave, Suite 2800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
CMatthiesen@RobinsKaplan.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of St. Thomas School of Law - 2020
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Yankton Sioux
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Link to professional bio: Casey Matthiesen
Ryan C. McCarthy
Bowman and Brooke LLP
150 South Fifth Street
Suite 3000
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-656-4064
ryan.mccarthy@bowmanandbrooke.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline College of Law, - 2014
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Eastern Band of Cherokee
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Hon. Anne K. McKeig
State of Minnesota – Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice
Minnesota Judicial Center
25 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
612-348-7983
anne.mckeig@courts.state.mn.us
Law School and Graduation Year: Hamline University School of Law - 1992
MAIBA Membership – Regular member
Tribal affiliation: White Earth Nation
Bar admissions: State of Minnesota
Nature of practice: Appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court by Governor Mark Dayton on Sept. 1, 2016. Formerly the Presiding Judge of Hennepin County Family Court. Past practice includes 16 years as an Assistant Hennepin County Attorney in the Child Protection Division litigating cases that fall under the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Link to professional bio: Hon. Anne K. McKeig
Danielle Oxendine Molliver
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
danielle.molliver@millelacsband.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law, 2016
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Lumbee
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, Mille Lacs District Court
Terry Mason Moore
Moore Law Office
157 South 7th St
Fairfax, OK 74637
(405) 580-4405
tmmoore@windstream.net
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 1983
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Osage
Bar admissions: OK, United States
Veronica Newcomer
White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legal Department
PO Box 238
White Earth, MN 56591
218-983-4649
veronica.newcomer@whiteearth-nsn.gov
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 2013
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Bar admissions: Minnesota, White Earth Tribal Court
James K. Nichols
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East Fifth Street
Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-644-4710
jnichols@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Chickasaw Nation
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Sarah Oquist
sarah@sarahoquist.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Creighton School of Law 1999
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Bar admissions: State of Minnesota & United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Tribal affiliation: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Link to Professional website: http://www.sarahoquist.com
Benjamin Pachito
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East 5th Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 644-4710
bpachito@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: George Washington University Law School - 2015
Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
Bar admissions: Minnesota, California
Thomas R. Pack
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
90 South Seventh Street, Suite 3500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
tom.pack@gtlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Stanford Law School - 2012
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, California
Joy Parker
Minnesota Supreme Court
joyparker@email.arizona.edu
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Arizona College of Law, 2021
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal Affiliation: Abenaki
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Link to Professional website/bio/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-parker-280bb4173/
Emily Peterson
Assistant United States Attorney, District of Minnesota
600 U.S. Courthouse | 300 South 4th Street |
Minneapolis MN 55415
emily.peterson@usdoj.gov
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 2013
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, U.S. District Courts for the District of Minnesota and the Western District of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Lani Petrulo
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
lanipetrulo@gmail.com
Law School: Lewis & Clark Law School
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Native Hawaiian
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Matthew Ralson
Ralston Legal LLC
Matt@RalstonLegal.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Seattle University, 2012
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, Wisconsin
Reid S. Raymond
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office - Adult Services Division
A-2000 Government Center
Minneapolis, MN 55487
612-348-9893
reid.raymond@hennepin.us
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 1990
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Hon. Jeannice M. Reding
State of Minnesota - 4th Judicial District Judge
300 South Sixth St., C-12
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 1990
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Link to professional bio/website: Hon. Jeannice M. Reding
Jack Rice
Rice Law Office
370 Selby Avenue #207
St. Paul, MN 55102 612-227-1339
jack@jackrice.org
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 1997
Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: San Luis Rey Band of Luiseno Indians
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Aarik Robertson
Director of Strategic Initiatives - Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures
aarik.robertson@gmail.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 2015
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Racey Rodne
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline College of Law - 2019
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, Iowa
Link to Professional website/bio/LinkedIn: http://mcfarg.com/rodne
Lenor Scheffler Blaeser
General Counsel
Lower Sioux Indian Community
lenor.scheffler@lowersioux.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 1988
Tribal Affiliation: Lower Sioux Dakota Community
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Washington, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court of Minnesota, Mille Lacs Tribal Court, Prairie Island Tribal Court, Lower Sioux Tribal Court, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Tribal Court, Stillaguamish Tribal Court
Leah R. Sixkiller
lsixkiller@hogenadams.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Arizona College of Law - 2010
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Bar admissions: Minnesota
George W. Soule
Soule & Stull LLC
3033 Excelsior Boulevard
Suite 190
Minneapolis, MN 55416
gsoule@soulestull.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Harvard Law School - 1979
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: White Earth Nation
Bar admissions: Minnesota 1979, Wisconsin 1985
Nature of law practice: Private practice: product liability, commercial litigation, personal injury and property damage, Indian law, ADR. Judge, White Earth Tribal Court of Appeals.
Link to professional bio/website: www.soulestull.com
Rebecca St. George
City of Duluth
Law School and Graduation Year: Hamline - 2013
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and White Earth Nation
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Kekek Jason Stark
Alexander Blewitt III School of Law
kekek.stark@umontana.edu
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline College of Law - 2006
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Tammy Swanson
Swanson, Drobnick & Tousey P.C.
3120 Woodbury Drive, Suite 200
Woodbury, MN 55725
651-739-9615
tswanson@sdtlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota, 1991
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: White Earth
Bar admissions: Supreme Court of Minnesota; Prairie Island Tribal Court; Shakopee Tribal Court; White Earth Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; Leech Lake Tribal Court; Upper Sioux Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Tribal Court
Victoria Sweet
NoVo Foundation
Law School and Graduation Year: Michigan State College of Law (2013)
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: White Earth
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Forrest Kwahada Tahdooahnippah
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
50 South 6th St, Suite 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 492-6876
forrest@dorsey.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 2010
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Comanche Nation
Bar admissions: MN
Link to professional bio: Forrest Tahdooahnippah
Dominic Terry
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
Minneapolis, MN
dterry12@gmail.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law - 2018
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Navajo Nation
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Stacey Thunder
Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Government
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law, 1998
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Phyllis Tousey
Swanson, Drobnick & Tousey P.C.
3120 Woodbury Drive, Suite 200
Woodbury, MN 55725
651-739-9615
ptousey@sdtlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota
MAIBA Membership: Regular Member
Tribal affiliation: Brothertown
Bar admissions: Minnesota; Wisconsin; United States District Court District of Minnesota; Bois Forte Tribal Court; Prairie Island Tribal Court; White Earth Tribal Court; Upper Sioux Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Tribal Court; Ho-Chunk Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; St. Croix Chippewa tribal Court; Menominee Tribal Court; Leech Lake Tribal Court; Forest County Potawatomi Tribal Court; Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Court; Flandreau Santee Tribal Court; Red Lake Tribal Court.
Megan Treuer
Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe
megantreuer@gmail.com
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Leech Lake/White Earth Ojibwe
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Arielle Strong Wagner
Lockridge Grindal Nauen
100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 2200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
aswagner@locklaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 2016
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Link to professional bio: Arielle Wagner
Hon. D. Korey Wahwassuck
Itasca County District Court Judge
123 NE 4th St.
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
korey.wahwassuck@courts.state.mn.us
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Missouri - Columbia, 1991
MAIBA Membership: Regular
Tribal Affiliation: Cree
Bar Admissions: MN, MO, KS
Melvin R. Welch
Welch Law Firm LLC
250 Second Ave S, Suite 2200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-741-3272
Mel@melvinwelchlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 2007
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal Affiliation: Brothertown Indians of Wisconsin
Bar admissions: Minnesota State and Federal Courts
Sarah I. Wheelock
Special Counsel to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Law School and Graduation Year:
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Meskwaki Nation (Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in
Iowa)
Bar admission(s): Minnesota, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Hon. Terri Yellowhammer
State of Minnesota - 4th Judicial District Judge
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 1995
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Ian Young
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2017)
MAIBA Membership: Regular member
Tribal affiliation: Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Special Members
Deidre Y. Aanstad
United States Attorney's Office
deidre.aanstad@usdoj.gov
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 2003
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Jody M. Alholinna
MN Guardian Ad Litem Program
Law School and Graduation Year: Hamline University School of Law - 1998
Membership: Special Member
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Tribal Court, Prairie Island Tribal Court, White Earth Tribal Court
Joan Bibelhausen
Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
jbibelhausen@mncl.org
Law School: University of Minnesota
Membership: Special member
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Daniel A. Bihrle
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East Fifth Street
Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-644-4710
dbihrle@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Angela Bullard Davis
Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
2550 University Avenue West, Suite 160-S
St. Paul, MN 55114
abullarddavis@minncle.org
Law School and Graduation Year: Georgia State University College of Law - 1991
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Bar admissions: Minnesota and Georgia
LinkedIn: Angela Bullard Davis
Kirsten Buscher
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Heather Capistrant
Ramsey County Attorney's Office
121 Seventh Place E, Suite 4500
St. Paul, MN 55101
heather.capistrant@co.ramsey.mn.us
Law School and Graduation Year: Valparaiso University School of Law - 1996
Membership: Special
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Link to Professional website: www.ramseycounty.us/your-government/leadership/county-attorneys-office
Grant Christensen
University of North Dakota School of Law
215 Centennial Drive, Stop 9003
Grand Forks, ND 58201
(419) 410-0784
grant.t.christensen@und.edu
Law School and Graduation Year: The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law - 2006
Membership: Special Member
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Standing Rock Sioux
Link to Professional Bio: Grant Christensen
Barbara Cole
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East 5th Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
bcole@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 2005
Membership: Special member
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Ellen Currier
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2022
ellen.currier@mitchellhamline.edu
Gary Debele
Messerli | Kramer P.A.
1400 Fifth Street Towers
100 South Fifth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
gdebele@messerlikramer.com
612-672-3667
Law School: University of Minnesota Law School (1987)
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Court, Prairie Island Tribal Court, and any other tribal courts in Minnesota and Wisconsin where the need arises.
Practice areas: Family law, child welfare, guardianships and conservatorships, adoption and assisted reproduction in state and tribal courts.
Dena Ehrich
3M
dmehrich@mmm.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law 2004
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Link to Professional website/bio/LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dena-vandevoort-ehrich
Joseph (Joe) Flynn
Jardine, Logan and O'Brien
jflynn@jlolaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 1985
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Bar admission(s): State of Minnesota; U.S. District Court Minnesota, North Dakota, and Iowa; 8th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme court; State of Wisconsin
Link to Professional website: Joseph E. Flynn
Jessica Griffith
Law School: Mitchell Hamline School of Law, 2022
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Joseph F. Halloran
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East 5th Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 644-4710
jhalloran@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell - 1994
Membership: Special Member
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Oklahoma
Michael Harralson
ReNew Earth Running
https://www.renewearthrunning.org/
Law School and Graduation Year: University of St. Thomas School of Law - 2006
Membership: Special Member
Crystal Hill-Pennington
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2021
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
crystal.hill@mitchellhamline.edu
LinkedIn
Jeffrey Holth
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East 5th Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
jholth@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 2012
Membership: Special member
Bar admissions: Minnesota, North Dakota
Amy Kania
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 W. County Road B2, Suite 460
St. Paul, MN 55113
akania@hogenadams.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law - 2017
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Tribal affiliation: n/a
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Stephanie Kletscher
Student at University of St. Thomas School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Ann Ladd
Fredrikson & Byron
200 South Sixth Street
Suite 4000
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-849-0475
aladd@fredlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Iowa College of Law - 1986
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Katherine Lee
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2022
katherine@kluverlaw.com
Mary B. Magnuson
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East 5th Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 644-4710
mmagnuson@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 1984
Membership: Special Member
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Federal District of Minnesota, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jack Jared Miller
Jared Miller Attorney at Law, PLLC
jared@jaredmillerlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Wyoming, 2012
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Link to Professional website/bio/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debt-defense-attorney/
Michael Moline
Lommen Abdo, P.A.
2000 IDS Center
80 South 8th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 336-9354
mmoline@lommen.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline, 1991
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Caroline Moos
Robins Kaplan
800 Lasalle Ave
Suite 2800
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
612-349-0630
cmoos@robinskaplan.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline College of Law - 2019
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Michael L. Murphy
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East 5th Street, Suite 940
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 644-4710
mmurphy@thejacobsonlawgroup.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 2012
Membership: Special Member
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Kristin Parendo
Legal Aid Service of NE MN
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law – 2001
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Debra Pexa
Minnesota Woman Lawyers
600 Nicollet Mall
Suite 390B
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-338-3205
dpexa@mwlawyers.org
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Link to Professional Biography/Website: www.mwlawyers.org
Peter J. Rademacher
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 W. County Road B2, Suite 460
St. Paul, MN 55113
651-842-9100
prademacher@hogenadams.com
Law School and Graduation Year: William Mitchell College of Law - 2014
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Bar admissions: Minnesota; US Court of Appeals 6th Circuit; US District Court Western District of Michigan, Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Wisconsin; US Disctrict Court Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Court; Prairie Island Tribal Court; Lac du Flambeau Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Tribal Court, Mille Lacs Tribal Court
Todd M. Roen
Roen Law PC
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 1996
Membership: Special Member
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Carolina
Link to Professional Bio: https://www.roenlawpc.com/
Colette Routel
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute
875 Summit Ave
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-290-6327
colette.routel@mitchellhamline.edu
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Michigan Law School - 2001
Bar admissions: Minnesota; U.S. Supreme Court; 5th Circuit, 8th Circuit, 9th Circuit, D.C. Circuit, Federal Circuit
Breia Schleuss
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
90 S 7th St
Suite 2200
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
612-766-8392
breia.schleuss@faegredrinker.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of St. Thomas School of Law – 2008
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Link to Professional website: Breia Schleuss
Andy Schofield
schofield@bipl.net
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline College of Law - 2013
MAIBA Membership: Special member
Bar admission(s): Minnesota
Nicole Slusher
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2022
nicole.slusher@mitchellhamline.edu
Geri C Sjoquist
Sjoquist Law LLC
www.sjoquistlaw.com
geri@sjoquistlaw.com
Law School and Graduation Year: Hamline - 2002
MAIBA Membership: Regular
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Sara Van Norman
Van Norman Law, PLLC
310 4th Ave. S., Ste. 5010
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-299-1794
sara@svn.legal
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota Law School - 2004
Membership: Special Member
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Link to Professional website:https://svn.legal/
Chloe Thompson Villagomez
Foster Garvey PC
1111 Third Ave. Suite 3000
Seattle, WA 98101
651-336-6094
chloe.thompson1@gmail.com
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota - 2004
MAIBA Membership: Special Member
Bar admission(s): MN, WA
Link to Professional website: Chloe Villagomez
Associate Members
Daryl Brandon Alkire
Justice for Families
daryl.alkire@courts.state.mn.us
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law - 2020
Tribal Affiliation: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Patti D. Buhl
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2021
Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee Nation
patti.buhl@mitchellhamline.edu
Danielle Carlson
Law School and Graduation Year: Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2025)
MAIBA Membership: Associate Member
Tribal affiliation: Moravian of the Thames
Brandy DeCoteau-Heminger
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2023
Tribal Affiliation: Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Sioux Tribe
brandy.dheminger@mitchellhamline.edu
GeWaden Dunkley
Student at Mitchell Hamline School ofLaw, expected graduation in 2023
Tribal Affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe
gewaden.dunkley@mitchellhamline.edu
Daniel Elliott
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Tribal Affiliation: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
daniel.elliott@mitchellhamline.edu
Ashalon Marie Goodrich
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Tribal Affiliation: Siksika Nation Blackfoot
ashalon.goodrich@mitchellhamline.edu
Joshua Gudahl
Student at University of Minnesota Law School, expected graduation in 2022
Tribal Affiliation: Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe
Weston G Jones
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Tribal Affiliation: Oglala Sioux Tribe
Dakota Lancour
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Tribal Affiliation: Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe
Angela Levasseur
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2023
Tribal Affiliation: Nehetho (Cree), Lakota, Dakota
Dayna Maldonado
Student at Mitchell Hamline, expected graduation in 2024
Tribal Affiliation: Saginaw Chippewa
dayna.johansen@mitchellhamline.edu
Bobbie McNeley
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2022
Tribal Affiliation: Native Village of Nelson Lagoon
bobbie.mcneley@mitchellhamline.edu
LinkedIn: Bobbie McNeley
Mariah Norwood
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee Nation
Christopher Smith
Student at University of Minnesota Law School, expected graduation in 2023
Tribal Affiliation: Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
smit8565@umn.edu
Mica Standing Soldier
Student at University of Minnesota School of Law, expected graduation in 2023
Tribal Affiliation: Oglala Lakota
Benjamin Swankier
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2023
benjamin.swankier@mitchellhamline.edu
Tribal Affiliation: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Savannah Thibert
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2025
Savannah.Thibert@mitchellhamline.edu
Tribal Affiliation: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Warren Warrington
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2026
Tribal Affiliation: Menominee Indian Tribe of WI