Government Relations
Our Firm possesses several decades of government experience through the leadership of our Managing Attorney. Our Managing Attorney has worked side by side with government councils to address their community issues. For example, our Managing Attorney was a Staff Attorney for the Office of Navajo Government Development. Her work there included reforms in executive branch policy, a review of the Navajo Nation legislature’s organization, a review of aspects of the Local Governance Act, and a nationwide convention and referendum on further changes to the Navajo Nation Code. She drafted innumerable policies, including the Public Employment Project Policies and Procedures for Chapter Expenditures and the Housing Discretionary Fund Policies and Procedures. She also traveled to the five agencies, conducting hearings with her Commission, Office and the Navajo people to determine which reforms people desired, and translated those results into legislative format. This work culminated in 26 proposed amendments to the Navajo Nation Code which empowered the Navajo people and local governments. Delegates from each of the 110 local governments came together at a Convention and unanimously approved the code amendments, recommending them to the Navajo Nation legislature for code amendments.
The aforementioned work resulted in her office achieving national recognition as Honoring Nations Honoree in 2002 for a project that came to be known as the Government Reform, Dine Appropriate Government, Local Governance Project.
We have assisted other government clients on various issues as constitutional amendments, code drafting, intergovernmental relations, local governance, transportation, community development, and infrastructure.
We regularly advise governments on effective administration of programs, including personnel and operational issues.
The aforementioned work resulted in her office achieving national recognition as Honoring Nations Honoree in 2002 for a project that came to be known as the Government Reform, Dine Appropriate Government, Local Governance Project.
We have assisted other government clients on various issues as constitutional amendments, code drafting, intergovernmental relations, local governance, transportation, community development, and infrastructure.
We regularly advise governments on effective administration of programs, including personnel and operational issues.