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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Jason Hauter
Work Department
Partner; Lobbying & Public Policy
Position
Jason Hauter advises clients regarding American Indian law and policy, with an emphasis on economic development on American Indian lands, business entity formation and governance, and development of tribal tax, labor and resource management laws. He also advises tribal clients on implementation of Indian water rights settlements, assists tribal clients with water resource management, advocates on behalf of tribes before Congress and federal agencies, and advises tribal clients on marketing water rights and leveraging water rights to protect tribal government interests. Prior to joining Akin, Jason served for eight years as in-house counsel for the Gila River Indian Community, representing the Community on a variety of matters, including economic development, construction, taxation and internal policy.
To learn more about Jason, please visit his full profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/jason-t-hauter.html
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Industry focus > Native American law
The Washington DC-based Native American law practice at Akin represents tribal governments and their economic enterprises on matters involving tribal political empowerment, sovereignty and economic development. The group is regularly involved in the negotiation of settlements regarding land and water rights, and additionally advises tribes on a range of non-contentious mandates such as non-gaming business opportunities, governmental contracting, renewable energy projects, and telecommunications. Practice head Donald R Pongrace specializes in complex private and government-to-government negotiations, regularly appearing before federal, state and tribal courts. Additional key figures include Jason Hauter, who previously acted as in-house counsel for the Gila River Indian Community and has focused his practice on the implementation of Indian water rights settlements and water resource management. Katie Brossy specializes in advocating before federal agencies on water, land, gaming and education matters. Allison Binney left the firm in March 2023.
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- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism