Indian Gaming 2017 Tradeshow and Conference

Vanessa Ray-Hodge
Ms.
Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, MIelke & Brownell, LLP


Vanessa L. Ray-Hodge is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma and a Partner in the Albuquerque office of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Mielke & Brownell, LLP. Prior to rejoining Sonosky, Vanessa served as the Senior Counselor to Solicitor Hilary Tompkins at the Department of Interior. At Interior, Ms. Ray-Hodge advised the Solicitor on Indian Affairs issues and was integral in a multitude of decisions. Some of her key efforts included for example, Indian gaming decisions for both on and off-reservation projects, evaluating both the legal and policy implications of supporting tribes before the National Labor Relations Board, Indian water rights issues, and land into trust determinations, including how to address the supreme Court’s decision in Carcieri v. United States. Ms. Ray-Hodge attended Wellesley College where she graduated in 2000 with a major in Anthropology. She then went on to Columbia Law School where she graduated with honors in 2003 as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

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