• Building Coalitions That Get Results
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• Crafting Solutions to Deadlocked Disputes
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• Developing Energy Infrastructure

Indian Law Practice

• Building Coalitions That Get Results

• Creating Economic Opportunities for Native Organizations
  The firm brought together twelve information technology firms – owned by eight tribes, three Alaska Native Corporations and one Native Hawaiian Organization – into a multi-tribal 8(a) certified company that has been awarded over $80 million in DOD contracts.
  Related Practices: Appropriations & Federal Funding, Business Partnerships & Tribal Employment, Government Relations & Public Policy, Indian Law, Resource Development & Rights of Way, Seminar on Doing Successful Business on Indian Reservations

• Crafting Solutions to Deadlocked Disputes

• Finding Common Ground Between Indian Tribes and Electric Utilities
  As it frequently does, the firm assisted several Public Utility District clients to obtain support from tribes that were Interested Parties in a hydroelectric project relicensing process. This is an area in which there is a great opportunity for the negotiation of creative packages that benefit all parties.
  Related Practices: Business Partnerships & Tribal Employment, Hydropower, Indian Law, Project Licensing and Compliance, Resource Development & Rights of Way, Seminar on Doing Successful Business on Indian Reservations

• Developing Energy Infrastructure

• Largest Natural Gas Pipeline in the United States
  Van Ness Feldman handles all project development and permitting issues for the 1,600-mile, 42-inch diameter Rockies Express natural gas pipeline to be constructed through 8 states, from Wyoming to Ohio. The project’s total capital cost is $4.5 billion and the pipeline, when completed, will transport 1.8 Bcf/d of natural gas.
  Related Practices: Government Relations & Public Policy, Indian Law, Natural Gas, Public Lands & Natural Resources, Resource Development & Rights of Way