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Attorney
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Attorney
Career Profiles of the Profession
Who?
Name:
D. Michael McBride III
mmcbride@sneedlang.com
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
Federal Indian law, complex civil and criminal litigation and
business disputes. Part-time Justice, Kaw Nation Supreme Court
(a federally recognized Indian Tribe).
When?
Years in Practice Area:
Since 1993
Years in the Legal Profession:
Since 1993
Where?
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Employer:
Sneed Lang, P.C.
http://www.sneedlang.com
Size/Sector:
12 General Practice
City/State:
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Law School:
University of Oklahoma, 1993
Undergraduate School/Degree:
Trinity University, Philosophy/Political Science Majors,
1989
Other Post-Graduate Education:
Oxford University, Queens College (European/commercial law
program)
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
Federal Indian law is a fascinating and historic practice area.
It is personally gratifying to assist tribal governments and develop
law in a cutting-edge area.
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
Wide general practice knowledge, strong background in federal
policy, government and history, superior research and writing
skills, nerves of a trial lawyer.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice
Area:
Wide general practice knowledge, strong background in federal
policy, government and history, superior research and writing
skills, nerves of a trial lawyer.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Work for professors and judges/justices interested in federal
Indian law. Write and speak on federal Indian law as often as
possible.
Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area:
Felix Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law (1982), Judge
Canby's Indian Law in a Nutshell (3rd Ed. 1999)
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
President, Federal Bar Association (Northern & Eastern Oklahoma
Chapter); Council Member & Chairman of GP Link Committee,
ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section; Oklahoma Bar
Association, various committees
Recent Professional Presentations:
Scheduled Featured Speaker: Nevada v. Hicks: The Relationship
Between Tribal, state and Federal Courts, 5th Annual Natural
Resources & Environmental Law on the Reservation, August
16-17, 2001, Marriot Camelback Inn Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona
(Sponsored by CLE International); and
Co-Moderator and Speaker: Clash of jurisdictions: the Evolving
Supreme Court Jurisprudence of Tribal Powers Over Non-Indians,
Sovereignty Symposium XIV (2001), Oklahoma City, OK (June
4, 2001) (Sponsored by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Memorable Career Moment:
Serving as Attorney General for the Seminole Nation-receiving
a standing ovation from the 28 member General Council when announcing
a victory in the United States Supreme Court in an Indian law
case in which I wrote a friend of the court a brief involving
tribal sovereign immunity. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing
Technologies, Inc., No. 96-1037 (certiorari granted, June 27,
1997, oral argument, January 12, 1998; reversed in favor of Kiowa
Tribe, 523 U.S. 751, 118 S.Ct. 1700, 140 L.Ed.2d 981 (May 26,1998));
Brief Amici Curiae, 1997 WL 528601.
Intriguing Interests:
Mountain bike riding, hiking in the mountains, photography.
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