You will need to sue in the tribe's tribal court system. If you try to sue in state or federral court, the tribe will move to dismiss and/or remove...

Under federal law, a person can be found to be in actual possession, joint possession or constructive possession. Most states' laws are similar....

If a child is REGISTERED with a tribe, does that fall under the ICWA Laws? Or is it to be ENROLLED?

Normally for ICWA to apply the child needs to either be enrolled with a recognized tribe or be eligible for enrollment. Under ICWA, an "Indian...

A regular search warrant opposed to a no knock search warrant, what's the difference?

All warrants set forth the permissible scope of the search and the probable cause for the intrusion, or at least are supposed to do so. If the...

Washington recognizes intentional infliction of emotional distress as well as a invasion of privacy claims so conceivably you can pursue those...

At what point does an investigation into drug sales, trafficking become a federal issue?

Many of the federal drug cases I defended either had one or more of the following characteristics: (1) they were multi-defendant, large quantity...

Any way possible to settle my DWI case within 14 days? Is it DWI with .16 BAC

I echo my colleagues answers as well as add that typically a BAC of .16 is substantially over the legal limit in most if not all states. The best...

Try the Indian Law sections of either the Oregon State or Washington State Bar, especially since many Washington lawyers can practice in Oregon if...

Which state bar exam is the hardest? California?

California followed by New York.