The Kazhe Law Group is dedicated to representing Native American Tribes, organizations, individuals and interests. The principal attorney, Christina Kazhe, brings an intense personal commitment to their legal practice and the Native community.

As a small firm, Kazhe Law can provide direct, personal service to every client, as needed. That service is based on the highest standards of integrity and ethics, with the best long-term interests of tribal government or organization always central.

The firm provides a full range of legal services related to:

• Litigation of all types, in federal, state and tribal courts
• Business transactions, including advice, counsel and representation in the many aspects of tribal economic development projects
• Land into trust, comprising all aspects of the complex process involved with land held in a trust status for the benefit of current and future tribal members
• Tribal and regulatory issues at all levels of tribal government, including advice and counsel on tribal constitutions, councils, policies and regulations
• Gaming, comprising all aspects of Indian gaming including drafting and negotiating development and management contracts, tribal-state compact, securing positive Indian land opinions from the National Indian Gaming Commission, advise on tribal financing, site acquisition, zoning, construction and development of gaming facilities, and representation before state and national gaming boards and commissions
• Land use planning and environmental issues at all levels including advice, counsel and representation in environmental regulatory and permitting compliance, and administrative and rulemaking proceedings related to the development and implementation of environmental regulations, policies and procedures
• Cultural resource protection, such as drafting, analyzing, and negotiating a variety of specialized agreements involved in cultural resources protection and mitigation including tribal monitoring, mitigation, and programmatic agreements with landowners and project proponents, and render advice on and draft protocols for effective consultation between tribes and federal, state and local governments during the project planning process
• Taxation, advising tribal clients on a wide variety of tax-related matters, including, tax incentive programs, tribal tax policy and code development, structuring tribal revenue allocation plans, and assist in structuring transactions and business enterprises to minimize federal and state taxes
• Health care organization structuring and transaction; healthcare compliance obligations on a variety of laws and regulations affecting the industry, including but not limited to HIPAA, HITECH, Stark and Anti-Kickback laws; development of confidentiality, privilege, and data security policies and programs; day-to-day operational issues; negotiation of complex software system and services agreements; real estate and facility development permitting matters; finance and utilization of tax regulations in tax exempt bond transaction

We provide legal assistance on a general counsel or special counsel basis. We work with our clients to develop flexible terms of engagement to specifically address their legal needs.