• Business & Economic Development
• Energy
• Environmental
• Finance
• Gaming
• Governmental Affairs
• Health
• Housing Law
• Labor & Employment Law
• Litigation
• Real Estate
• Tax

Success in gaming has enabled tribes to assert their sovereignty more effectively and, in many cases for the first time, to plan a future based on tribal priorities, free from the many restrictions typically attached to federal funds. As a large, specialized business law firm with extensive Indian country experience and Indian law knowledge, Godfrey & Kahn helps tribal gaming enterprises continue their crucial role as engines of tribal sovereignty and self-determination. The Firm advises gaming enterprises in connection with:

• Indian Gaming Regulatory Act compliance
• Labor law issues, including proactive planning to avoid efforts by unions to organize tribal employees following the National Labor Relations Board assertion of jurisdiction in 2004
• Employment law issues, including policies and procedures, recruitment, contracts, discipline and other related matters
• Entertainment contracts
• Vendor contracting
• Trademarks and other intellectual property matters
• Financing of new facilities or expansion of existing facilities through bank financing or issuance of bonds
• Environmental matters
• Tax issues
• Drafting gaming ordinances
• Litigation
• Appeals
• National Indian Gaming Commission compliance
• Minimum internal control standards
• Advising Tribal Gaming Commissions
• Show Cause hearings
  

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is a general practice law firm of approximately 200 attorneys with Wisconsin offices in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Waukesha and Appleton, as well as offices in Washington, D.C. and Shanghai, PRC. The mission of the Godfrey & Kahn Indian Nations Law Team is to assist tribal governments and other entities that partner with tribes, in strengthening tribal sovereignty, preserving tribal natural and cultural resources, and improving the quality of life of tribal members.