There are no more important rights than those associated with Tribal Membership. The pursuit of and continued enrollment with your Tribe is often complex procedurally and politically. The systems set up in enrollment departments and tribunals require expertise to successfully navigate. Your rights need protection.

Paula M. Fisher, Attorney at Law, P.C. has successfully practiced enrollment law for 10 years. She is licensed to practice law by Federal Court, the State of Michigan, the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan, Little Traverse Band, Grand Traverse Band, Nottawaseppi Huran Band, and the Intertribal Court of Southern California. She has made thousands of successful court appearances in these combined forums.

Paula Fisher has enrolled 57 people as members of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, which is one of the most successful Tribe’s in North America. She aggressively fights for tribal membership certification for her clients, who may hire her in family groups to help with fees and costs.

Paula has also obtained dismissals of disenrollment cases for 73 Tribal members. Paula has also aggressively protected membership for an additional 38 tribal members who have disenrollment cases pending, and she has done so for 7 years so far. Paula has helped tribal member clients throughout the United States. Paula’s law firm also successfully represents clients all over the state of Michigan in the areas of criminal defense and family law.

Paula Fisher is originally from California and graduated from California Western School of Law in 1990. Paula was the President of the Isabella County Bar Association for 2 years and sat on the board for a total of 6 years. Paula was also a private investigator for 5 years, so she knows how to get things done. She has a full time paralegal assisting her in her office who has previously worked for the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe at the office of administrative hearings for over two years, which is where enrollment cases are initially heard. She is also assisted by highly trained staff and consultants. Paula attends native law conferences and has a network of native resources and experts at her disposal, which help her keep her finger on the pulse of enrollment law.

Contact us today for your free initial telephone consultation.