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Velie Law Firm has garnered a national reputation as a premier American Indian law fim with expertise in these areas of American Indian Law:

  • Spotlight on Jon Velie (pdf)
  • Petitioned and briefed two cases to the United States Supreme Court.
  • Petitioned and briefed to the California Supreme Court.
  • Petitioned the Absentee Shawnee Supreme Court.
  • Appeared in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
  • Appeared in front of Federal Courts across the United States.
  • Appeared in front of the California Court of Appeals.
  • Appeared in front of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Court, Osage Nation Court, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Tribal Court, Absentee Shawnee Court, Sac and Fox Administrative Tribunals and numerous Tribal Councils.
  • Represented Tribal leaders and Tribal Councils in leadership disputes.
  • Represented Tribal members in enrollment disputes.
  • Represented the Chickasaw Nation Industrial Development Commission in issuing a $10 Million bond to fund a series of Truck and Travel plazas.
  • Represented Tribes in fee to trust applications and federal recognition issues.
  • Lobbied Congress, the BIA and NIGC regarding American Indian legal issues.
  • Established the Native American Economic Summit in conjunction with the University of Arizona and the Tahona O'Odham Tribe.