Oregon Tribal Lawyer Anthony Broadman Honored for Leadership and Service

On September 24, 2012, Anthony Broadman was presented with a crystal award commemorating his outstanding service as Chair of the WSBA Administrative Law Section during the 2011-12 term.

Anthony remains on the Administrative Law Section Board as immediate Past Chair. Earlier this year he published “Administrative Law in Washington Indian Country,” an authoritative text on administrative law in Washington State. He is a former Trustee of the WSBA Indian Law Section, and also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Indian Law Newsletter.

Anthony Broadman is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC.  His practice includes tribal administrative matters, including tax and employment appeals.  He can be reached at 206.321.2672, anthony@galandabroadman.com, or via www.galandabroadman.com.

Anthony Broadman Co-Chairs Annual Ad Law Conference

Anthony Broadman, the current Chair of the WSBA Administrative Law Section, will co-chair, the "Advocacy in Administrative Law" conference in Seattle on October 24, 2012. Earlier this year, he published a chapter, "Administrative Law in Washington State Indian Country" in the Section’s Washington Administrative Practice Manual -- an authoritative text on administrative law in Washington Indian Country.

Anthony Broadman is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC. He can be reached at 206.321.2672, anthony@galandabroadman.com, or via www.galandabroadman.com.

Anthony Broadman Publishes "Administrative Law in Washington State Indian Country" Chapter

Anthony Broadman, the current Chair of the Washington State Bar Association Administrative Law Section, recently published a chapter in the Section's Washington Administrative Practice Manual -- the authoritative text on administrative law in Washington State and now, in Indian Country. As the new edition of the manual states:

Chapter 18, Administrative Law in Washington State Indian Country. This release contains a completely new chapter which discusses the administrative laws and procedures that come into play when confronted with any issue involving a Native American person or tribal government. The topics covered include: - tribal administrative bodies; - recourse to tribal courts; - exhaustion of tribal administrative remedies; - the Indian Civil Rights Act; - practice before the Interior Board of Indian Appeals; - the Washington State Gambling Commission; - liquor sales regulation; and - the Public Records Act.

Anthony Broadman is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian majority-owned law firm.  His practice focuses on company-critical business litigation and representing tribal governments, especially in federal, state and local tax controversy. He can be reached at 206.691.3631 or anthony@galandabroadman.com, or via galandabroadman.com.

Anthony Broadman Makes the Case for an Advisory Set of NIGC MICS

Anthony Broadman has published "At a Minimum: The Legal Case for Advisory MICS," in Casino Enterprise Magazine.

For Indian gaming attorneys, the CRIT decision evoked many questions that have yet to be answered. Earlier this year, Norman H. DesRosiers, Commissioner of the San Manuel Tribal Gaming Commission, brought some of these questions to the forefront in his article, A Closer Look at the NIGC’s Class III MICS, INDIAN GAMING, March 2011, at 28. Some of the gaps created by the CRIT opinion and exposed by Mr. DesRosiers deserve further exploration. In denying the NIGC the regulatory authority to issue binding regulations, the CRIT opinion struck the proper balance between tribal and federal regulatory powers. CRIT did not, however, render the NIGC MICS inoperable or unnecessary, nor did it strike down the authority of the NIGC to promulgate MICS pursuant to other administrative procedures. Indeed, CRIT revealed the appropriate place for the NIGC MICS: advisory regulations issued in order to provide a default template for tribal-state compact negotiation. In short, short of an intolerable intrusion of the NIGC into tribal regulatory authority, NIGC MICS are still permissible and potentially useful – if for no other reason than to keep states out of the tribal internal gaming control arena and Congress from seeking to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).

Anthony Broadman is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian majority-owned law firm.  His practice focuses on company-critical business litigation and representing tribal governments. He can be reached at 206.691.3631 or anthony@galandabroadman.com, or or via galandabroadman.com.

Indian Law Attorney Anthony Broadman Elected Chair of the Washington State Bar Association Administrative Law Section

Anthony Broadman was elected as Chair of the WSBA Administrative Law Section at its annual meeting yesterday in Seattle. Anthony, a Partner with Galanda Broadman PLLC, a boutique Seattle law firm that he co-founded in 2011 with Gabe Galanda, will serve as Chair of the Section until September 2012. The Administrative Law Section serves the interests of public and privatesector attorneys who work with state, local and tribal government agencies, as well as administrative law judges, hearing officers, review officers and other judicial personnel.

Anthony’s practice focuses on representing tribal governments in jurisdictional and taxation disputes. His scholarship has focused largely on tribal interests and the law of administrative agencies. From 2007 to 2010, Anthony practiced at a medium-sized regional firm, focusing on litigating issues critical to tribes and businesses operating in Indian Country.

Anthony has appeared before Washington state trial courts, federal district courts, and tribal, state and federal administrative bodies. Anthony has diverse trial and litigation experience, ranging from arguing and obtaining an injunction against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal court, serving – successfully – as lead trial counsel for a Fortune 500 company in a Washington business dispute, to his jury trial defense of a public employer at the state trial court level. In 2010, Anthony was named a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics magazine.

Anthony has previously served as Chair-elect, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Washington State Bar Association Administrative Law Section and is a Trustee of the Washington State Bar Association Indian Law Section. He is editor of the Indian Law Newsletter, published by the Indian Law Section and is admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington.

Galanda Broadman PLLC is a majority Indian-owned law firm that represents tribal governments, businesses and members in critical litigation, business and regulatory matters. The lawyers of Galanda Broadman PLLC – Gabe Galanda, Anthony Broadman and Ryan Dreveskracht – earned their law degrees from the University of Arizona College of Law. For additional information about Anthony or Galanda Broadman, visit galandabroadman.com.