On May 14, Powers attorneys from the Indian tribal governments and health care groups hosted a webinar on Indian tribal telehealth opportunities, including recent opportunities presented by the CARES Act.
Powers attorneys from the Indian tribal governments and health care groups will host a free webinar next week on Indian tribal telehealth opportunities, including recent opportunities presented by the CARES Act.
Powers Principal Paul Moorehead co-authored an opinion piece in Law360 with Robert Porter, Managing Principal of Capitol Hill Policy Group, calling on the Trump Administration to pursue comprehensive regulatory reform to boost Indian tribal economies.
Powers Principal Paul Moorehead will moderate a panel at the D.C. Indian Law Conference on Friday, October 25th.
Powers Principal Paul Moorehead moderated a panel yesterday at the US Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy, entitled “The Next Era in Indian Self-Determination: Fifty Years After Nixon’s 1970 Message on Indian Affairs.”
After nearly a decade bearing the moniker “Select Committee,” on June 5, 1984, the United States Senate voted to make permanent the Committee on Indian Affairs. Paul was the Committee’s Staff Director and Chief Counsel to Chairman Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the first American Indian to chair the Committee, from 1997 to 2005. Paul joined his former colleagues — staff directors from 1977 to 2019 — in celebrating the bi-partisan successes of the Committee in helping to improve the conditions of tribal communities across the country.
Winter Hayes has joined POWERS as a Law Clerk in the Indian Tribal Government practice. Winter has completed her first year at the University of Idaho College of Law where she participated in the Native American Law Students Association and was a presenter at the Indian Child Welfare Conference. Welcome Winter!
Powers Principal, Paul Moorehead, presented “Energy Development on Tribal Lands in the Era of Indian Self-Determination” at the Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Conference in Albuquerque, NM on April 11, 2019. Paul discussed the legal and regulatory barriers to energy resource development on Indian tribal lands and the recent enactment of the “Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2018” which he and Powers Tribal Group partner, Brian Gunn, worked on for several years prior to it being signed into law by President Trump in December 2018.
After eight years and several congresses, on Dec. 18, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments. Enactment of the bill into law will usher in a new era in federal Indian law and policy. Read analysis on this new law written by Powers Principals Paul Moorehead and Brian Gunn here.
Powers Principal Brian Gunn will provide a legislative update on the state of Indian affairs at the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Fall Annual Convention this week. Read More
Powers Principal Paul Moorehead discussed the late Senator John McCain’s work on Indian issues in an Indian Country Today article.Read More
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville is pleased to announce that 10 Powers attorneys across three practice areas have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019.Read More
Week in Brief
Welcome to the Powers’ “Washington Week in Review,” a weekly newsletter that provides updates on recent activities in Congress and federal agencies, as well as a look ahead at upcoming events and looming regulatory deadlines.
Week in Brief
Welcome to the Powers’ “Washington Week in Review,” a weekly newsletter that provides updates on recent activities in Congress and federal agencies, as well as a look ahead at upcoming events and looming regulatory deadlines.
Week in Brief
Welcome to the Powers’ “Washington Week in Review,” a weekly newsletter that provides updates on recent activities in Congress and federal agencies, as well as a look ahead at upcoming events and looming regulatory deadlines.
Week in Brief
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Powers’ “Washington Week in Review,” a weekly newsletter that provides updates on recent activities in Congress and federal agencies, as well as a look ahead at upcoming events and looming regulatory deadlines. Read More
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville is pleased to announce that Noor Adhoob has joined the firm’s Indian Tribal Governments practice group as its Legislative Assistant.Read More
Powers Principal Brian Gunn spoke at the Federal Bar Association Indian Law Section’s 43rd Annual Indian Law Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, last week.Read More
Powers Principal Brian Gunn was quoted in Law360 discussing the Trump Administration’s proposed 2019 budget and how it could affect Indian Affairs programs.Read More
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville’s Indian Tribal Governments Group is pleased to announce that it is working with Alaska-based Arctic Geopolitical Consulting on priorities and matters of interest to Native and rural communities in the Arctic.Read More