Galanda, Broadman & Dreveskracht Each Honored By Super Lawyers

Tribal lawyers Gabe Galanda, Anthony Broadman and Ryan Dreveskracht were each honored by Super Lawyers magazine for 2013; Gabe as a Washington "Super Lawyer" and Anthony and Ryan as "Rising Stars."

The award follows several recent honors for Galanda Broadman and its lawyers. In November 2012, Galanda Broadman received a prestigious Tier 1 ranking in the 2013 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” in the arena of Native American Law. In addition, firm partner Gabe Galanda was then named to The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of both Gaming Law and Native American Law, for the seventh straight year. He was named a “Difference Maker” by the American Bar Association in November as well.

In December 2012, Lawyers of Color listed the firm in its Big Book of the Best Boutiques, an exclusive, national listing of the top minority law firms in each state. In January 2013, Seattle Business Magazine honored Gabe as one of “the Puget Sound Region’s Best Lawyers for 2013,” in both the arenas of Native American Law and Gaming Law. This past April Corporate INTL magazine named Galanda Broadman as the Boutique winner of the 2013 Corporate Intl Magazine Legal Award for "Gaming Law Firm of the Year in Washington."

Galanda Broadman, “An Indian Country Law Firm,” is dedicated to advancing tribal legal rights and Indian business interests.  The firm, with offices in Seattle, Washington and Bend, Oregon, represents tribal governments, businesses and members in critical litigation, business and regulatory matters, especially in matters of Indian Treaty rights, tribal sovereignty and taxation.

Gabe is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of California. He currently sits on the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) Board of Directors, chairing the group’s “Include Indian Law on State Bar Exams” Initiative, and co-chairing its “Increase Natives and Tribal Court Judges in the Judiciary” Initiative. Gabe is a past President of the Northwest Indian Bar Association and past Chair of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Indian Law Section.

Firm partner Anthony Broadman is the immediate past Chair of the WSBA Administrative Law Section, and author of “Administrative Law in Washington Indian Country.”  In September 2012, Anthony was specially honored for his outstanding service as Chair of the Administrative Law Section.  He is a former Trustee of the WSBA Indian Law Section, and also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Section’s Indian Law Newsletter.

Ryan Dreveskracht is a firm associate. Prior to joining Galanda Broadman he was a law clerk to the Honorable Kathleen Kay, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Ryan has published ten journal and law review articles in 2011-12 alone, on issues like tribal renewable energy, and has served as the Managing Editor for the National Lawyer’s Guild Review since 2010.

Gabe Galanda to Deliver Commencement Address to Jamestown S'Klallam High School Students

On May 22, Gabe Galanda will speak at a graduation ceremony in Sequim-Dungeness, Washington, for the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe's 2013 graduating high school class.

Gabe has previously delivered commencement addresses at Peninsla College (twice) and Wa he lut Indian School at Frank's Landing (as pictured), and for Seattle School District graduating Native high schoolers. He was born and raised between Port Angeles and the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.

Gabriel "Gabe" Galanda is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian owned law firm.  He is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of Covelo, California.  Gabe can be reached at 206.691.3631 or gabe@galandabroadman.com.

Seattle, Washington Indian Law Attorney Gabe Galanda Re-Elected to National Native Bar Association Board

On April 17, 2013, at the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) Annual Meeting near Santa Fe, New Mexico, Gabe Galanda was re-elected to his third consecutive term on the NNABA Board of Directors. Gabe chairs NNABA's “Include Indian Law on State Bar Exams” Initiative, and co-chairs its “Increase Natives and Tribal Court Judges in the Judiciary” Initiative.

NNABA Board of Directors 2013-2015

Officers

President Mary Smith (Cherokee)

Past President Patty Ferguson-Bohnee (Pointe-au-Chien)

President-Elect Linda Benally (Diné)

Treasurer Lawrence Baca (Pawnee)

Secretary Thomas Weathers (Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska)

Directors

Aliza Organick (Diné)

Sara Setshwaelo (Ione Band of Miwok)

Robert Saunooke (Cherokee)

Gabe Galanda (Round Valley)

Doug Nash (Nez Perce)

Gabriel "Gabe" Galanda is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian owned law firm.  He is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of Covelo, California.  Gabe can be reached at 206.691.3631 or gabe@galandabroadman.com.

Galanda, Broadman and Dreveskracht's Law Review Articles Named to Prof. Matthew Fletcher's Must-Read List

Leading American indigenous rights scholar Professor Matthew Fletcher has published, "American Indian Legal Scholarship and the Courts: Heeding Frickey’s Call," in the March 2013 volume of California Law Review.

In the article, he cites law review articles by Gabe Galanda, Anthony Broadman and Ryan Dreveskracht, respectively, in "a list of articles produced in the five years or so since Frickey’s call that...have overcome the law review market’s hurdles to meet Frickey’s criteria."

In harkening the late Prof. Philip P. Frickey's call "for dramatic changes to the goals and methodologies of American Indian legal scholarship...in favor of more grounded and empirical scholarship, work that could inform the Court about the realities on the ground in Indian country," Prof. Fletcher concludes his paper with "a celebration of the impact Frickey’s call already has had on the academy":

[S]everal American Indian legal scholars are doing their damnedest to meet Frickey’s call. Federal and state judges are not the only audience. Legal scholarship is for practicing attorneys; tribal, state, and federal leaders; and many others, too. And so I conclude this short paper with my own reading list of recent work that unquestionably fulfills the call for new realism in American Indian legal scholarship. I include articles dating back five years or so that meet one or more of the criteria articulated by Frickey. I also add a list of excellent “nuts and bolts” articles.

Prof. Fletcher's "must-read" list includes:

Gabriel S. Galanda, Arbitration in Indian Country: Taking the Long View, 65 DISP.RESOL.J., Nov. 2010-Jan. 2011, at 30.

Anthony Broadman, Know Your Enemy: Local Taxation and Tax Agreements in Indian Country, AM. INDIAN L.J., Trial Issue 2012, at 1.

Ryan David Dreveskracht, Native Nation Economic Development Via the Implementation of Solar Projects: How to Make It Work, 68 WASH.&LEE L.REV. 27 (2011).

Gabe, Anthony and Ryan are truly honored by Prof. Fletcher's citation to and inclusion of their law review scholarship in his most important paper regarding the state and future of American Indian legal scholarship.

Gabriel "Gabe" Galanda is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian owned law firm.  Trained by the American Arbitration Association, Gabe arbitrates disputes between tribal and non-tribal governments and other parties, as well as mediates such disputes.  He is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of Covelo, California.  Anthony Broadman is also a partner at the firm, practicing in Bend, Oregon. His practice focuses on company-critical business litigation and representing tribal governments, especially in federal, state and local tax controversy. Ryan Dreveskracht is an associate at the firm. His practice focuses on representing businesses and tribal governments in public affairs, energy, gaming, taxation, and general economic development.

Galanda Broadman Named "Gaming Law Firm of the Year in Washington"

Corporate INTL magazine has chosen the Pacific Northwest tribal law firm Galanda Broadman, PLLC, as the Boutique winner of the 2013 Corporate Intl Magazine Legal Award for "Gaming Law Firm of the Year in Washington." The award follows several recent honors for Galanda Broadman and its lawyers. In November 2012, Galanda Broadman received a prestigious Tier 1 ranking in the 2013 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” in the arena of Native American Law. In addition, firm partner Gabe Galanda was then named to The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of both Gaming Law and Native American Law, for the seventh straight year. He was named a “Difference Maker” by the American Bar Association in November as well.

In December 2012, Lawyers of Color listed the firm in its Big Book of the Best Boutiques, an exclusive, national listing of the top minority law firms in each state. Then, in January 2013, Seattle Business Magazine honored Gabe as one of “the Puget Sound Region’s Best Lawyers for 2013,” in both the arenas of Native American Law and Gaming Law.

Galanda Broadman, “An Indian Country Law Firm,” is dedicated to advancing tribal legal rights and Indian business interests.  The firm, with offices in Seattle, Washington and Bend, Oregon, represents tribal governments, businesses and members in critical litigation, business and regulatory matters, especially in matters of Indian Treaty rights, tribal sovereignty and taxation.

Gabe is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of California. He currently sits on the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) Board of Directors, chairing the group’s “Include Indian Law on State Bar Exams” Initiative, and co-chairing its “Increase Natives and Tribal Court Judges in the Judiciary” Initiative. Gabe is a past President of the Northwest Indian Bar Association and past Chair of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Indian Law Section.

Firm partner Anthony Broadman is the immediate past Chair of the WSBA Administrative Law Section, and author of “Administrative Law in Washington Indian Country.”  In September 2012, Anthony was specially honored for his outstanding service as Chair of the Administrative Law Section.  He is a former Trustee of the WSBA Indian Law Section, and also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Section’s Indian Law Newsletter. Anthony has been named a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics-Super Lawyers magazine.

Ryan Dreveskracht is a firm associate. Prior to joining Galanda Broadman he was a law clerk to the Honorable Kathleen Kay, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Ryan has published ten journal and law review articles in 2011-12 alone, on issues like tribal renewable energy, and has served as the Managing Editor for the National Lawyer’s Guild Review since 2010.

Seattle Tribal Lawyer to Teach Minority Lawyers How To Build a Book of Business

On April 24, Gabe Galanda will help teach the King County Bar Association's annual "Building a Book of Business: For Attorneys of Color" program in Seattle.

KCBA's Diversity Committee is proud to host this annual seminar designed to give recently admitted attorneys of color the skills they need to advance in their careers.unique program is a closed door session where you will learn to effectively market yourself and acquire new clients for your firm. You'll gain valuable networking contacts and receive guidance from some of the most well-respected and successful leaders in our region's minority bar community.

Gabe founded the Tribal Practice Group at Williams Kastner, where he was a "first ballot" equity partner and member of the firm's Board of Directors, before he started his own law firm in 2010.

Gabriel "Gabe" Galanda is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian owned law firm.  He is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of Covelo, California.  Gabe can be reached at 206.691.3631 or gabe@galandabroadman.com.

Washington Tribal Lawyer Gabe Galanda to Discuss Indian Tax Issues (Twice) at RES 2013

Gabe Galanda has been invited by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) to speak on two Indian taxation panels at RES 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the premier tribal economic development and diversification conference in the country.  He will speak on March 13.

Track 4: TAXATION, Part 1 – IRS Tax Implications on Tribes, Tribal Enterprises and Tribal members. Tribes and intertribal organizations have formed the Intertribal Organization Tax Initiative (IOTI) to carry out united tribal action to confront new forms of intrusion into the sovereign affairs of tribes by federal and state taxation policies. Tribal governments have had to defend against expansive Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examinations and audits of tribal government services to members. Tribal governmental and economic development programs have been hindered by the more burdensome federal tax requirements imposed on tribes than on state governments. Meanwhile, states continue to seek mechanisms to obtain state revenues from tribal commerce. This break-out session, featuring representatives of the IOTI Tax Initiative, will report on key tax policy developments and what to expect in the coming year, including pending IRS guidelines on the General Welfare exclusion and tribal proposals for tax reform legislation as well as other tax policy efforts that have been undertaken to defend tribal sovereignty, strengthen nation-building and stimulate economic development.

Moderator: Susan Masten – Vice-Chairwoman, Yurok Tribe and Vice-Chairwoman Board of Directors, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development Kitcki Carroll – Executive Director, United South & Eastern Tribes, Inc. F. Michael Willis, Partner, Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker, LLP. Gabriel Galanda – Partner, Galanda Broadman, PLLC Dante Desiderio – Executive Director, Native American Finance Officers Association

Track 4: TAXATION, Part 2 – Tribal Tax Revenue Opportunities for Tribes. Moderator: Larry Kinley CEO, Lummi Commercial Company and Member Board of Directors, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development Gabriel Galanda – Partner, Galanda Broadman, PLLC Robert Porter – Senior Counsel, SNR Denton Robert Whitener – Owner, The Whitener Group, LLC

Gabriel "Gabe" Galanda is a partner at Galanda Broadman PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian owned law firm.  He is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of Covelo, California.  Gabe assists tribal governments and businesses in all matters of tribal sovereignty and self-governance, especially in legal opposition to federal, state and local government encroachment.  Gabe can be reached at 206.691.3631 or gabe@galandabroadman.com.

Indian Country Lawyers Galanda Broadman Open New Seattle Office

Galanda Broadman, PLLC, is proud to announce the opening of its new office in North Seattle, Washington. Come see us!

Galanda Broadman, “An Indian Country Law Firm,” is dedicated to advancing tribal legal rights and Indian business interests. The firm, which is headquartered in Seattle, and also has offices in Bend, Oregon, represents tribal governments, businesses and members in critical litigation, business and regulatory matters, especially in matters of Indian Treaty rights, tribal sovereignty and taxation.

In November 2012, Galanda Broadman received a prestigious Tier 1 ranking in the 2013 Edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” in the arena of Native American Law. In addition, firm co-founder Gabe Galanda was then named to The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of both Gaming Law and Native American Law, for the seventh straight year. Also, last month Lawyers of Color listed the firm in its Big Book of the Best Boutiques, an exclusive list of the top minority law firms in each state.

Gabe is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of California. He currently sits on the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) Board of Directors, chairing the group’s “Include Indian Law on State Bar Exams” Initiative, and co-chairing its “Increase Natives and Tribal Court Judges in the Judiciary” Initiative. Gabe is a past President of the Northwest Indian Bar Association and past Chair of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Indian Law Section.

Co-founder Anthony Broadman is the immediate past Chair of the WSBA Administrative Law Section, and author of “Administrative Law in Washington Indian Country.”  In September 2012, Anthony was specially honored for his outstanding service as Chair of the Administrative Law Section.  He is a former Trustee of the WSBA Indian Law Section, and also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Section’s Indian Law Newsletter. Anthony has been named a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics-Super Lawyers magazine.

Ryan Dreveskracht is a firm associate. Prior to joining Galanda Broadman he was a law clerk to the Honorable Kathleen Kay, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Ryan has published ten journal and law review articles in 2011-12 alone, on issues like tribal renewable energy, and has served as the Managing Editor for the National Lawyer’s Guild Review since 2010.

Galanda Broadman Named Amongst Washington Puget Sound Region's "Best Lawyers in the Business"

Seattle Business Magazine has honored Galanda Broadman, PLLC, in its listing of "the Puget Sound Region's Best Lawyers for 2013," in both the arenas of Gaming Law and Native American Law. The firm was selected as some of the "best lawyers in the business" in the State of Washington by Galanda Broadman's peers, and is the only American Indian-owned law firm to receive these honors. This honor follows several other recent honors for Galanda Broadman and its lawyers. In November 2012, Galanda Broadman received a prestigious Tier 1 ranking in the 2013 Edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” in the arena of Native American Law. In addition, firm co-founder Gabe Galanda was then named to The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of both Gaming Law and Native American Law, for the seventh straight year. Gabe was named a "Difference Maker" by the American Bar Association in November as well. Also, last month Lawyers of Color listed the firm in its Big Book of the Best Boutiques, an exclusive list of the top minority law firms in each state.

"This honor gives us great pride. We work our very hardest for our tribal clients and to receive recognition from them and from our peers feels awesome," said Gabe in a recent Indian Country Today interview. "We are privileged to be entrusted to represent tribal governments and Indian people, frequently during very critical times. It is the opportunities that our tribal clients have given us, and the results we have been able to obtain for them, and the underlying teamwork with our clients and each other that resulted in this honor. We feel as grateful to our tribal clients for those opportunities as we feel honored by this accolade."

Galanda Broadman, PLLC, “An Indian Country Law Firm,” is dedicated to advancing tribal legal rights and Indian business interests. The firm, which is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and also has offices in Bend, Oregon, represents tribal governments, businesses and members in critical litigation, business and regulatory matters, especially in matters of Indian Treaty rights, tribal sovereignty and taxation.

Gabe is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of California. He currently sits on the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) Board of Directors, chairing the group’s “Include Indian Law on State Bar Exams” Initiative, and co-chairing its “Increase Natives and Tribal Court Judges in the Judiciary” Initiative. Gabe is a past President of the Northwest Indian Bar Association and past Chair of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Indian Law Section.

Anthony is the immediate past Chair of the WSBA Administrative Law Section, and author of “Administrative Law in Washington Indian Country.”  In September 2012, Anthony was specially honored for his outstanding service as Chair of the Administrative Law Section.  He is a former Trustee of the WSBA Indian Law Section, and also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Section’s Indian Law Newsletter. Anthony has been named a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics-Super Lawyers magazine.

Ryan Dreveskracht is a firm associate. Prior to joining Galanda Broadman he was a law clerk to the Honorable Kathleen Kay, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Ryan has published ten journal and law review articles in 2011-12 alone, on issues like tribal renewable energy, and has served as the Managing Editor for the National Lawyer’s Guild Review since 2010.

Chrystal Byrd Joins Galanda Broadman's Indian Law Team

We are proud to announce that Yakama Member Chrystal Byrd has joined Galanda Broadman, PLLC, as a paralegal. Chrystal received her Bachelors of Science Degree in Criminal Justice, with a specialization in Forensic Science, from Seattle University, and her Paralegal Certificate from Seattle Central Community College. Chrystal previously worked as a Indian Child Welfare Case Manager for the Tulalip Tribes; a Gang Intervention Counselor for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe; a Corrections Officer for the Washington State Department Corrections at the McNeil Island Correction Center; a Case Management Assistant at Seattle Municipal Court; and an intern at the Yakama Nation Prosecutor’s Office. She will be applying to law school this fall.

Galanda Broadman, PLLC, “An Indian Country Law Firm,” is dedicated to advancing tribal legal rights and Indian business interests. The firm, which is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and also has offices in Bend, Oregon, represents tribal governments, businesses and members in critical litigation, business and regulatory matters, especially in matters of Indian Treaty rights, tribal sovereignty and taxation.