Sarah I. Wheelock joined the firm in 2009, after working for five years at a large law firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota as an associate in the Indian Law group. She has represented Indian tribes, tribal organizations and entities doing business with tribes in matters involving federal trust litigation, sovereignty, economic development, finance and project lending, contracts and contractual disputes, tribal governance, utilities and energy development, taxation, labor, tribal gaming, the Indian Child Welfare Act and natural resource protection. She taught Federal Indian Law as an adjunct professor at Hamline University’s law school during Fall 2008.
Sarah has worked on tribally related financings involving several Indian tribes throughout the United States, including syndicated and non-syndicated bank loans and the offer and sale of indentured debt securities. Sarah’s pro bono practice includes ICWA and other family law matters and environmental litigation.
Sarah has spoken at a number of professional events covering topics from tribal gaming to congressional plenary power and from diversity in the legal profession to the need to test federal Indian law on state bar exams.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Federal Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association, Council Member 2007-2008, Alternate Council Member 2006-2007
Minnesota American Indian Bar Association, Vice President 2006-2008, Secretary 2005-2006,
Board Member 2005-2008
Iowa State Bar Association
CINCF (Organization dealing with Native American topics in Sioux City, Iowa)
ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Winnebago Tribal Court
Omaha Tribal Court
EDUCATION
University of Iowa School of Law, Juris Doctor, with Distinction, 2004
University of Iowa, Bachelor of Arts, with Honors and Distinction, 2001
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT & SPECIAL INTEREST
Hamline University School of Law, Adjunct Professor Fall 2008
Minnesota Rising Stars 2008 and 2009, Native American Law
Outstanding Alumni of the Year 2007, National Native American Law Students Association
Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Clinic, Pro Bono Legal Clinic Volunteer
Tribal Member, Meskwaki Nation (“Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa”)
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Wolfchild v. United States. University of Iowa School of Law, Juris Doctor, with Distinction, 2004
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