Indian Gaming 2017 Tradeshow and Conference

Richard Guest
Staff Attorney
Native American Rights Fund (NARF)


Richard is the managing attorney for NARF's Washington, D.C. office, and is the lead attorney on the Tribal Supreme Court Project, which is based on the principle that a coordinated and structured approach to tribal advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court is necessary to preserve tribal sovereignty. Prior to joining NARF in 2003, Richard was a senior associate attorney with Troutman Sanders LLP, and before moving to Washington, D.C. in 2001, he worked as an attorney for the Skokomish Indian Tribe and as an associate attorney for the Morisset, Schlosser law firm in Seattle, Washington. Richard obtained his juris doctorate from the University of Arizona-College of Law in 1994, receiving the Roger C. Henderson Award as the Distinguished Graduating Senior. His thesis, Intellectual Property Rights and Native American Tribes was published in the American Indian Law Review. Richard is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the D.C. Circuit; the United States Tax Court; and the United States District Courts for the Western District of Washington, the District of Arizona, and the District of Columbia.

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