Legal and Tribal Government Experience
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Founder and Owner, Odawi Law PLLC (2014-present)
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Senior Counsel, Dentons US LLP (2013-2018)
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President and CEO, Seneca Nation of Indians (2010-2012)
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Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel, Seneca Nation of Indians (2004-2010)
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Attorney General, Seneca Nation of Indians (1991-1995)
Academic and Business Experience
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Visiting Professor of Law, Cornell Law School (2021-Present)
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Founding Chairman, Seneca Holdings LLC (2009-2013)
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Indigenous Law, Governance & Citizenship, Syracuse University (2003-2010)
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Professor of Law, the University of Iowa (2002-2003)
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Professor of Law and Director of the Tribal Law and Government Center, University of Kansas (1995-2002)
Enrolled citizen of the Seneca Nation of Indians
Heron Clan
Allegany Territory
Education
J.D. Harvard Law School (1989)
A.B. Syracuse University in Political Science and Economics (1986)