Bio

Conly Schulte joined the firm in 1995 as an associate, and became a partner in 2000. He has had the privilege of serving as general and special legal counsel for numerous federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal regulatory agencies and tribally-owned entities for over 25 years. He has advised clients on a wide variety of issues, including general civil litigation, business transactions, preservation and full exercise of sovereign rights, federal recognition, land acquisition, gaming, enforcement of treaty rights, negotiation of tribal-state gaming compacts and other intergovernmental agreements, structuring complex commercial transactions, interfacing with federal and state agencies, and tribal government best practices. He has extensive experience serving as lead litigation counsel in judicial, arbitration and administrative forums on a wide variety of issues, including contract disputes, tort claims, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act litigation, federal fee-to-trust land transactions, tribal exemptions from state regulatory laws, breach of federal trust obligations, federal Tort Claims Act litigation, federal recognition of tribal status, tribal taxing jurisdiction, NEPA litigation, Endangered Species Act litigation, commercial disputes, and constitutional rights litigation. He has also served as a co-instructor for a law school course on federal Indian law and has spoken at numerous seminars on various legal issues.