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the Home Office of L.A.I.C.
Owasso Office Contact
P.O. Box 1434
Owasso, OK 74055
Phone: (918) 376-0630
Fax: (918) 376-0631
| Charles Tripp, Partner Honorable Charles H. Tripp, JD, is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation. He is a founding partner of Legal Advocates in Indian Country, LLP, a widely recognized law firm with offices in Oklahoma and Washington. He is also a founding partner in Indian Collaborative Consultants, LLC, a 100 percent native owned consulting firm specializing in tribal and sovereignty issues. Both firms serve native people and tribal entities throughout the country. Judge Tripp is currently the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Kaw Nation and serves as District Judge for the following tribal judiciaries: Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Sac n Fox Tribe of Missouri, and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. As an attorney, Judge Tripp represents multiple tribal entities in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Washington. |
Marsha L. Harlan, Partner Marsha is a partner in the firm of Legal Advocates for Indian Country, LLP. Her practice concentrates in the areas of Tribal Governance, State-Tribal Relations, Tribal Courts, Tribal Child Support Enforcement, Domestic Relations, Children’s Rights Advocacy, and Mediation. Marsha obtained her BA/BS from Northeastern State University in 1991, and her JD from the University of Tulsa in 1999. Prior to joining the firm, Marsha was a solo-practitioner focusing on domestic relations, tribal law and children’s rights advocacy. Marsha’s professional associations include: Oklahoma Bar Association, (member Indian Law Section,) Pawnee Nation Bar, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Bar, Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma Bar, Citizen Potawatomi Bar, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Bar, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Bar, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Bar, Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Bar, Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas Bar, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, and the National Tribal Judges Association. Marsha currently serves as a justice on the Pawnee Supreme Court and Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Supreme Court. She is also a District Judge for the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Marsha previously served as the District Judge for the Osage Nation. In addition, she is a founding partner in the consulting firm of Indian Collaborative Consultants, LLC. Marsha is a member of the Osage Nation and a native of northeastern Oklahoma. |
| Kirby Edwards, Legal Assistant kedwards@laic-law.com |
