Paul Moorehead
ContributorPaul G. Moorehead is a partner and member of the Indian Tribal Governments Team within the Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice Group. Paul's practice is dedicated exclusively to federal Indian law and policy. As such, he focuses on initiatives, policies and programs that affect Indian tribal governments and Native American people, including appropriations, commercial transactions, energy development, environmental protection, gaming, health care and tele-medicine, housing and infrastructure development and tribal self governance.<br /> <br /> From 1997-2005, Paul was chief counsel and staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. In this capacity, his responsibilities included legislative oversight of all federal programs and related appropriations for American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. <br /> <br /> Before his service in the Senate, Paul was counsel and government affairs director of the National Congress of American Indians, the largest, oldest, and most representative Indian tribal advocacy organization in the nation. In that position, he guided NCAI in its advocacy on Capitol Hill, in the agencies and in the courts where he helped articulate positions on land into trust and gaming, appropriations, federal recognition, taxation and economic development, health care, child welfare, veterans affairs and a variety of other matters.<br /> <br /> Paul has spoken to many national, regional and local groups on a variety of Indian-related topics, especially tribal governance and economic development initiatives. <br /> <br /> Chambers USA 2008 edition ranked Paul nationally in Native American Law, describing him as “highly regarded.” This is the second year that Paul and the firm were ranked nationally in Native American Law.