Biography

Nathaniel (“Tanner”) Amdur-Clark (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) is a partner in the Firm’s Anchorage office.  He works in all areas of the firm’s practice, and has extensive experience advising clients on self-governance matters, Tribal healthcare financing, Tribal workforce and development, and litigation in Tribal, State, and Federal courts. He is a member of the Alaska and District of Columbia Bars.

Mr. Amdur-Clark graduated from Harvard Law School in 2014, where he was involved in the Harvard Native American Law Students Association and served on the Board of the National Native American Law Students Association. During law school, he was active on the Harvard Law and Policy Review and interned at the Office of Tribal Justice and Civil Appellate Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.

In addition to his law degree, Mr. Amdur-Clark has a Master in Public Policy Degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Harvard Kennedy School Native American Public Service Fellow. He graduated in 2009 from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Anthropology. Mr. Amdur-Clark also spent a two-year stint teaching Federal Indian Law and Legislative Advocacy at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.  He now teaches the Federal Indian Law Course at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., 2014

Harvard Kennedy School, M.P.P., 2014

Harvard University, B.A., 2009

Bar & Court Admissions

  • Alaska, 2014
  • District of Columbia, 2015
  • Tlingit & Haida Tribal Courts, 2020