Trent Shores co-drafted a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta on whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. “It is blackletter law that states have no jurisdictions over crimes committed by Indians or against Indians in Indian Country, the former federal prosecutors state in their brief,” authored by Shores and former U.S. Attorneys.
President Biden’s recent signature of a new cyber incident reporting law made headlines.
GableGotwals’s Trent Shores, a former United States Attorney, and Dean Luthey, chair of the Firm’s Native American Law section and a senior trial lawyer, discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s McGirt decision on criminal and civil jurisdiction in Eastern Oklahoma. From unique considerations for the energy industry to working with tribal governments, the McGirt decision presents both opportunities and questions for oil and gas entities.
“For 18 years, I was a career prosecutor and trial attorney, and now it’s different,” he says. “Some days I’m an attorney advising clients, some days I’m a judge. To be a member of the bench is certainly a different perspective. I’m a big believer that we see the world through the prism of our own experiences.”
A number of tribes within Oklahoma’s borders and beyond were targeted by ransomware attacks in 2021, leaving both their information technology systems and their citizens in peril.
Two GableGotwals shareholders recently spoke to the Oklahoma Judicial Conference at its annual meeting on topics requested by the conference organizers. Dean Luthey, along with Court of Civil Appeals Judge Stacie Hixon, gave a presentation on court awarded attorney fees. Trent Shores participated on a panel that included tribal Attorneys General regarding the United States Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. State of Oklahoma, holding that the Muscogee Nation’s historical reservation had not been disestablished.
