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Ryan’s practice focuses on representing businesses and tribal governments in public affairs, gaming, taxation, and energy development. He is also devoted to defending individuals’ constitutional rights and handles civil rights and intentional tort cases from around the United States. A former U.S. District Court law clerk, Ryan has an eye towards the inner-workings of the federal courts, complex litigation, and trial practice. He writes prolifically about matters critical to Indian country, and has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and law reviews. Ryan currently serves as the Tribal Court Litigation Chair of the American Bar Association’s Business & Corporate Litigation Committee; is a member of the WSBA’s Trial Advocacy Program Steering Committee; and is a Trustee on the WSBA’s Indian Law Section. He is also an Assistant Editor of the ABA’s Affiliate magazine and the National Lawyer’s Guild Law Review. He has been named a “Rising Star” by the Super Lawyers rating service from 2013-15.. Bar Admissions: Washington U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court (Western Washington, Eastern Washington), Suquamish Tribal Court, Nooksack Tribal Court, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Court, Tulalip Tribal Court, Chehalis Tribal Court, Puyallup Tribal Court, Chehalis Tribal Court, Winnebago Tribal Court, Tribal Court for the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, Muckleshoot Tribal Court.

Joe Sexton is a Partner with Galanda Broadman, PLLC. Joe focuses on tribal sovereignty issues, working primarily on environmental and cultural resources matters, advocating for enrolled members in disenrollment defense and civil rights plaintiff cases, economic development for tribal governments and individuals, and complex Indian Country litigation. Joe has also successfully represented individual tribal members in catastrophic injury cases, securing favorable settlements. Before joining Galanda Broadman, Joe worked in-house for a tribal government. While working in-house, Joe developed and enhanced tribal government programs, including a motor vehicle registration program. He also negotiated the purchase of tribal lands, and successfully fought in courts and administrative forums to protect his client’s tribal sovereignty, the indigenous and human rights of his client’s constituents, and his client’s threatened cultural resources. His experiences before practicing law—including service in the United States Marine Corps and working as an intern in Bosnia and Herzegovina— equipped Joe to thrive in diverse communities, work efficiently and effectively under pressure, and relentlessly pursue his clients’ objectives.. After law school, Joe worked for Williams Kastner, a medium-sized Seattle law firm, where he represented businesses and individuals before federal and state courts, often-times securing summary judgment rulings in his clients’ favor and achieving favorable settlement results at mediation.

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