News and Announcements

PRESS RELEASES

03/15/24 - THE INDIAN LAW SECTION IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE 2024 LAWRENCE R. BACA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT IS LLOYD MILLER

09/11/17 - SONOSKY ATTORNEYS RECEIVE TOP HONORS IN THE 2018 EDITION OF "THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA"

11/13/17 - SONOSKY, CHAMBERS POLICY ADVISOR JODI GILLETTE NAMED DIRECTOR OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INITIATIVES

09/11/17 - SONOSKY ATTORNEYS RECEIVE TOP HONORS IN THE 2018 EDITION OF "THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA"

10/03/16 - SONOSKY CHAMBERS PARTNERS PUBLISHED IN UCLA LAW REVIEW

05/05/16 - SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF SONOSKY, CHAMBERS, SACHSE, ENDRESON & PERRY, LLP BY THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION

02/24/16 - VANESSA RAY HODGE, SENIOR COUNSELOR TO THE SOLICITOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, HAS JOINED SONOSKY CHAMBERS LAW FIRM IN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

05/14/15 - JODI GILLETTE, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS, TO JOIN SONOSKY CHAMBERS FIRM

03/24/15 - FORMER SENATOR MARK BEGICH ENTERS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH THE SONOSKY CHAMBERS NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS LAW FIRM

04/14/15 - SONOSKY CHAMBERS INDIAN RIGHTS FIRM CREATES $3.5 MILLION INDIAN HEALTH CARE FUND

NEWS

05/01/22 - Standford Magazine - WATERSHED MOMENT

03/25/17 - Reid Chambers and Harry Sachse Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Federal Indian Law - Indian Country Today

01/13/17 - U.S. Department of the Interior Approves Craig Tribal Association's Land-into-Trust Application - Bureau of Indian Affairs

01/03/17 - DOI OKs First New Alaska Tribal Trust Land in Decades - Law360

11/29/16 - Feds Must Cough Up Full Funding For Navajo Hospital - Law360

10/20/16 - Alaska tribes to seek land, new powers as relations with state and feds improve - Alaska Dispatch News

07/27/16 - Five for Fighting Indian Law Practitioners: 2016 Hot List -
Indian Country Today

05/26/16 - NLRB Tells Justices it has Authority over Tribal Casinos - Law360

11/11/15 - Federal Court Denies Discovery into Tribal Judicial Bias Claims - Turtle Talk

09/17/15 - DOI, Justice Dept. Announces Landmark Settlement with Tribes - The Washington Post


07/06/15 - Jodi Gillette Joins Board of Directors for Notah Begay III Foundation - Indianz.com


07/02/15 - Showdown Looms In 6th Circ. Over NLRB's Tribal Authority - Law360

06/16/15 - 9th Circuit Finds Tribes Not Subject to False Claims Act - Law360


06/11/15 - Board dismisses complaint against tribe at OK casino - The Oklahoman

05/15/15 - Blazing a New Trail: Jodi Gillette Leaves White House to Join Sonosky Chambers - Indian Country Today Media Network

05/14/15 - Jodi Gillette Exits White House and Joins Indian Law Firm in DC - Indianz.com

05/08/15 - "Fond du Lac Band prevails again in long-running casino case" - Indianz.com

04/14/15 - "Native American rights law firm gives grants for tribal health care" - Alaska Dispatch News

04/06/15 - "Feds' Spend on Lawsuits Up" - The National Law Journal

03/29/15 - "Former Sen. Begich Joins Sonosky Chambers As Native Policy Advisor" - Indian Country Today Media Network

05/06/14 - "Huge Payout for Wind River Reservation" - High Country News