WilmerHale

WilmerHale is a strong choice for Native American legal issues, drawing on an extensive track record representing tribes at every stage of dispute resolution and routinely litigating before the Supreme Court, appellate, and trial courts. The group’s broad caseload features contentious, advisory and transactional mandates relating to energy resource development, land acquisitions, water rights, gaming, tribal sovereignty and self-determination. The handling of tribal internal investigations, including white-collar and criminal internal investigation cases, constitutes another pillar of the practice. Seasoned litigator Seth Waxman heads up the department from Washington DC and specializes in appellate work, litigation and advisory matters, with particular focus on complex challenges at the intersection of public policy, regulatory, criminal and commercial issues. Additional key names to note include Tom Strickland, who specializes in advising on tribal lending, Congressional and internal investigations, corporate governance, and high-stakes crisis management; Christopher Babbitt, who covers litigation and enforcement matters involving the federal government and rival tribes; and Daniel Volchok, whose practice has an emphasis on representing tribes and nations in trial and appellate litigation.