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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 12:18:37+00:00

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Andrew Adams III is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and member of the Tvlahasse Wvkokaye Ceremonial Grounds. Andrew has experience in the areas of federal Indian law, tribal constitutional law, tribal governance, litigation, gaming law, complex financial transactions,tax issues related to Tribal governments and individual tribal members, business law, employment law, treaty hunting, fishing, and gathering law, and government relations.
Andrew currently serves as Chief Justice of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court, Chief Justice on the Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska Supreme Court, and Justice on the Gun Lake Tribal Supreme Court. Andrew currently serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the Federal Bar Association Indian Law Section, and previously served as a Board Member of the Minnesota American Indian Bar Association and as a Board Member for the State Bar of Wisconsin Indian Law Section. Andrew has regularly lectured on Indian-law issues at seminars and conferences nationally. Andrew also serves as Chairperson of the Indian Education Parent Committee for the White Bear Lake Area School District / ISD624.
When Andrew is not at the office, he enjoys spending time with his children, visiting with family & friends, golf, being outside, coaching youth sports, hunting, traveling, playing flag football, watching football, stomp dances, pow wows, chilling on a beach, and running on a treadmill & outside.
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Governor Walker et al (W.D. Wisc., Case No. 18-CV-0992; 2018 – present). Representing the tribes in action to stop the unlawful taxation of fee lands owned by the tribes and individual tribal members within the exterior boundaries of their respective reservations as protected by the 1854 Treaty with the Chippewa.
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. McKesson Corporation et al. (W.D. Wisc. Case No. 18-cv-00228; 2018 – present). Indian law and local counsel to Tribe’s lawsuit against major pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors of opioid-based products which have had a disparate & negative impact on Tribe’s Reservation and Tribal Members.
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. McKesson Corporation et al. (W.D. Wisc. Case No. 18-cv-00286; 2018- present). Indian law and local counsel to Tribe’s efforts to keep lawsuit in State court against major pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors of opioid-based efforts to remove to federal court.
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. McKesson Corporation et al. (Sawyer County Circuit Court Case No. 2018CV000040; 2018 – present). Indian law and local counsel to Tribe’s lawsuit against major pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors of opioid-based products which have had a disparate & negative impact on Tribe’s Reservation and Tribal Members.
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan v. Coastal Wine Merchants (Opposition No. 91210751, USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 2013). Represented Tribe in successful opposition and termination of corporation’s applied for mark that infringed on Tribe’s registered mark.
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan v. Hebei Red Eagle Industrial and Trade Co. Ltd. (Cancellation No. 92057445, USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 2013). Represented Tribe in successful termination of Chinese corporation’s mark that infringed on Tribe’s registered mark.
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan v. UAW (NLRB, ongoing). Representing Tribe in administrative action challenging the NLRB’s application of the National Labor Relations Act to tribe’s casino.
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan v. National Labor Relations Board (Federal District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2011). Represented Tribe in suit challenging the NLRB’s application of the National Labor Relations Act to tribe’s casino.
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin v. Kempthorne et al. (United States District Court, District of Columbia, 2008). Represented Tribe in dispute with the federal government over changes made to regulations governing the application and approval process for tribal off-reservation casinos.
B.A., University of Michigan, 1996.

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