Loretta A. Tuell focuses her practice on American Indian law, governmental law and policy, and gaming matters.
For more than 20 years, Loretta has worked in the arena of federal Indian law and policy. She has devised strategies, executed legislative advocacy, developed national policy and advocated before the U.S. Congress, the White House and federal agencies such as the Department of the Interior, the National Indian Gaming Commission, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
In Congress, she served as the Majority Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to Senator Daniel K. Akaka and Counsel to the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye. During her tenure on the Committee, Loretta advised on virtually all matters under the Committee’s jurisdiction dealing with Indian tribes, Alaska natives and native Hawaiians.